Any hearing required by this Article shall be conducted as follows:
(a) The Director shall serve a notice of hearing or order to show cause at least thirty (30) days before the date of the public hearing to the Person alleged to be in violation of this Article. Such notice or order to show cause shall specify the purpose of the public hearing and notify the Person of the date, time, and the location of the public hearing. Notices of hearing or order to show cause shall also be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the City for at least two (2) days and not less than ten (10) days before the date of the hearing. Written notices setting forth the date of the public hearings shall be sent to any interested party who has requested, in writing, to be notified such hearings. Upon a written request from the Person submitted at least two (2) business days before the date of the public hearing, the Director may continue the date of the hearing once for not more than thirty (30) days. The Person requesting the continuance shall reimburse the Department for the costs of re-noticing the public hearing.
(b) In any public hearing held pursuant to this Section, all interested parties shall have the right to offer testimonial, documentary, and tangible evidence bearing on the issues, to see and copy all documents and other information the City relies on in the proceeding, to be represented by counsel, and to confront and cross-examine any witness against them. Any public hearing held pursuant to this Section shall be electronically recorded.
(c) Within thirty (30) days after the date of the hearing, the Director shall issue a written decision and order containing finding of facts and statement of reasons in support of the decision. Such decision shall be served upon the Person alleged to be in violation of this Article either personally or by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall be served on other interested party who provided testimony at the hearing by first class mail, if such party requested at or before the hearing that the order be sent to them. The Director's order shall be final. The order shall apprise the Person alleged to be in violation of this Article of his or her right to seek judicial review of the Director's Order pursuant to Section 1094.6 of the California Code of Civil Procedures.
(Added by Ord. 202-02, File No. 012186, App. 9/27/2002)