Conduct or operation of any food service establishment, retail food store, temporary food service establishment or occasional food service establishment which violates any of the provisions of this subchapter or refusal of the holder of any license under this subchapter to allow inspection of his or her premises, or to furnish a sample of his or her food for testing, shall be grounds for the closing of that establishment for a period not to exceed ten days, the suspension of any license granted pursuant to this subchapter or the revocation of any license granted pursuant to this subchapter. The sanctions shall not be imposed on a licensee except pursuant to written notice of the grounds therefor and a hearing before the city’s Health Commission at which the licensee shall have the right to cross-examine witnesses and the right to call witnesses on his or her own behalf. Grounds for the sanctions provided for in this subchapter must be established by a preponderance of the evidence. Revocation shall not prejudice an applicant in applying for another temporary food service establishment license.
(2000 Code, § 5.18.100)