It is hereby declared to be the policy of Montgomery County, Maryland, to provide for and ensure the realization of administrative due process with respect to specified appeals and contested matters which are subject to hearings before enumerated boards, commissions, offices and other administrative agencies performing quasi-judicial functions; and to provide where feasible, uniformity in procedures and regulations governing the processing of administrative appeals and other matters which require administrative and/or quasi-judicial hearings. It is the intent of the County Council to protect those legal rights afforded to affected parties who utilize and are subject to the administrative hearing processes established by the laws and ordinances of the County. (1978 L.M.C., ch. 30, § 1.)