(A) Application for a hearing. Any person who receives a citation may request a hearing in the manner prescribed in the city code enforcement.
(B) Notice of a hearing. When a hearing has been timely requested, the Board shall schedule a hearing as prescribed in the city code enforcement.
(C) Open hearings. All hearings before the Board shall be open to the public. The appellant, the appellant’s representative, the Code Official, and any person whose interests are affected shall be given an opportunity to be heard.
(D) Procedures. The Board shall adopt, and make available to the public, procedures under which a hearing will be conducted. The procedures shall not require compliance with strict rules of evidence, but shall mandate that only relevant information be received. Decisions and procedures of the Board shall be governed by the city code enforcement and applicable state statutes.
(E) Abatement by owner. In the event that the Board finds that a violation does exist, the same may be abated by causing the removal, eradication, repair, termination of possession, or other remedy to take place so the violation is abated promptly in a manner prescribed in the order of the Board.
(F) Abatement by the city. If the violation is not abated as ordered by a final, non-appealable order as defined in the city code enforcement, or by a final judgment of the court, the city shall possess a lien on the subject property and assess civil fines, fees, abatement costs, and interest as prescribed in the city code enforcement.
(G) Application for appeal. Any person directly affected by a decision of the Board shall have the right to appeal as prescribed in the city code enforcement.
(Ord. 023-013, passed 4-10-2023)