A. Any notice issued by the Director (i.e., City) shall state that any time within ten days from the date of posting and service of such notice any person may appeal the decision of the Director by filing written objections thereto with the City Clerk. The Director shall then cause the matter to be set for hearing before a Hearing Officer contracted by the City to hear such matters.
B. Notice of the date of hearing shall be given in writing. The date of the hearing shall be no sooner than fifteen days from the date when notice of the hearing is given to the appellant and to the Director.
C. At the time fixed in the notice, the Administrative Hearing Officer shall hear the testimony of all competent persons desiring to testify respecting the condition constituting the nuisance.
D. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Hearing Officer shall determine whether or not a nuisance exists, and if the Hearing Officer so concludes, he or she may declare the conditions existing to be a nuisance and direct the person owning the property upon which the nuisance exists to abate it within ten days after the date of posting on the premises a notice of the Hearing Officer's order. The Hearing Officer may amend time to abate the nuisance, if in his or her opinion, there exists good cause for the amendment of time to abate.
E. The decision of the Hearing Officer on the determination of nuisance is fmal. Any appeal of the Hearing Officer's decision shall be governed by California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6 or such section as may be amended from time to time.
F. Any notice issued by the Fire Chief (i.e., County) shall be appealable pursuant to the Appeal Procedure set forth under Section 23.310 of the San Bernardino County, California Code of Ordinances.
(Ord. MC-1449, 11-01-17; Ord. MC-344, 2-22-84; Ord. 3838, 6-19-79; Ord. 3701, 1-24-78; Ord. 3367, 8-22-73)