(A) Licenses may be suspended temporarily by the Health Authority for failure of the license holder to comply with the requirements of this chapter. Whenever a license holder or operator has failed to comply with any notice issued under the provisions of this chapter, the license holder or operator shall be notified in writing that the license is, upon service of a notice, immediately suspended and that an opportunity for a hearing will be provided if a written request for a hearing is filed with the Health Department Administrator by the license holder. Upon suspension of the license, all operations as a food service establishment or retail food store are to be discontinued at the direction of the Health Authority. The license shall be removed from the establishment by the Health Authority and returned to the Health Department.
(B) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this chapter, whenever the Health Authority finds unsatisfactory or other conditions in the operations of a food service establishment or retail food store which, in his or her judgment, constitute a substantial hazard to the public health, he or she may, without warning, notice, or hearing, issue a written notice to the license holder or operator citing such condition, specifying the corrective action to be taken and specifying the time period within such action shall be taken and, if deemed necessary, such order shall state that the license is immediately suspended, and all operations as a good service establishment or retail food store are to be immediately discontinued. Any person to whom such an order is issued shall comply immediately therewith, but upon written petition to the Health Authority, shall be afforded a hearing as soon as possible.
(Prior Code, § 4-1-4) (Ord. passed 4-21-1987; Ord. passed 8-18-1992; Ord. passed 3-21-1995; Ord. passed 12-16-1997; Ord. passed 8-19-2003)