(a) The Housing Renewal Commission shall hear all appeals of a decision to suspend registration by the Chief Building Official or Residential Building Official.
(b) Persons, firms or corporations aggrieved by the decision of the Chief Building Official or Residential Building Official, may within five working days of the date of receipt of notice of suspension appeal to the Housing Renewal Commission by filing with the Chief Building Official or Residential Building Official written notice of appeal, specifying the reasons therefor.
(c) The Housing Renewal Commission, within three working days of the date of receipt of the appeal by the Chief Building Official or Residential Building Official shall afford a public meeting upon such appeal. The Commission shall at that meeting affirm or reverse the decision of the Chief Building Official or Residential Building Official.
(d) The Commission shall affirm the decision of the Chief Building Official or Residential Building Official unless it finds:
(1) That the Chief Building Official or Residential Building Official erred as a matter of law; or
(2) That the decision is not supported by reliable or probative evidence.
(e) Three members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum. In the event there is no quorum, the public meeting may be continued one time for no longer than three working days. The affirmative votes of three members shall be required to reverse a decision of the Chief Building Official or Residential Building Official. No member of the Commission shall pass on any question in which he/her has a financial or personal interest.
(f) Any party aggrieved by the decision of the Housing Renewal Commission may appeal to Council for final judgment by filing written notice thereof to the Clerk of City Council within thirty days of the date of the decision by the Housing Renewal Commission. Council shall make a decision within thirty days.
(g) No person shall do any work authorized by a certificate of registration when the same is suspended or revoked. (Ord. 11-22 AC CMS. Passed 4-18-11.)