(A) In connection with any investigation by the Chairperson under the provisions of § 103.08 and in connection with the conduct of any hearings before the Commission under the provisions of § 103.09, the Commission may issue subpoenas to compel the appearance of persons and to compel access to or the production of records and documents to the same extent and subject to the same limitations as would apply if the subpoenas were issued in aid of a prosecution before the Corporation Court of the city.
(B) The Commission may issue, upon its own motion, subpoenas in the name of the Commission.
(C) Upon written application to the Commission, the Chairperson shall be entitled to the issuance of a reasonable number of subpoenas by and in the name of the Commission. Subpoenas issued at the request of the Chairperson shall state on their face that they were issued at the request of the Chairperson.
(D) Upon written application to the Commission, a respondent shall be entitled to the issuance of a reasonable number of subpoenas by and in the name of the Commission. Subpoenas issued at the request of a respondent shall state they were issued at his or her request.
(E) Within five days after service of a subpoena upon any person, the person may petition the Commission to revoke or modify the subpoena. The Commission shall grant the petition if it finds that the subpoena requires appearance or attendance at an unreasonable time or place, that it requires production of evidence which does not relate to any matter under investigation, that it does not describe with sufficient particularity the evidence to be produced, that compliance would be unduly onerous, or for other good reason.
(F) If any person shall wilfully and unlawfully fail or neglect to attend and testify or to answer any lawful inquiry or to produce records, documents or other evidence, if in his or her power to do so, in obedience to the subpoena of the Commission, the Commission shall cause the Chairperson of the Board to certify the facts to the City Attorney, together with a copy of the subpoena and request the City Attorney to forthwith institute a charge in the Corporation Court of the city and to prosecute the same to conclusion.
(Ord. 362, passed 4-11-1977)