(a) Any user may request in writing from the Authorized Enforcement Officer within ten days from the issuance of a notice of violation pursuant to § 35.0122 or an administrative order pursuant to § 35.0126, or the Authorized Enforcement Officer may order, an administrative hearing, at which a user who causes or allows or who has caused or allowed a violation of this Chapter to occur shall show cause why a proposed enforcement action should not be taken. The administrative hearing shall be held within 60 days of the request or order and shall be before the County Director or his or her designee. The hearing officer shall not be the Authorized Enforcement Officer who issued the notice of violation pursuant to § 35.0122 or the administrative order pursuant to § 35.0126 or their immediate supervisor. In the alternative, the County, through the County’s contracting process, may contract with a qualified provider for administrative processing and collection services to provide hearing officers to conduct administrative hearings. At the administrative hearing, user and the Authorized Enforcement Officer shall have the right to present evidence.
(b) A notice shall be served on the user specifying the time and place of the hearing regarding the violation, the reasons why the action is to be taken and proposed enforcement action, directing the user to show cause before the hearing officer why proposed enforcement action should not be taken. The notice of hearing shall be served in the manner provided in § 35.0108, at least ten working days before the hearing. Service may be made on any agent or officer of the user.
(Ord. 3105, passed - -1986; Readopted by Ord. 3587, passed - -1994; Am. Ord. 4176, passed - -2012)