Section 523.4 is added to the public health code to read as follows:
"Section 523.4. HEARINGS. Any person whose application for a permit has been denied, or whose permit has been suspended or revoked, may petition the health officer for a hearing. Such petition shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, and shall set forth in detail the facts and reasons upon which his petition is based. The time limit within which the petition must be filed is twenty (20) business days following the date on which the notice of denial, suspension or revocation was mailed to the applicant. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given to the applicant not less than five (5) business days prior to such hearing, either by registered mail or in the manner required for the service of summons in civil actions. At the time and place set for the hearing, the Health Officer will give the applicant and other interested persons an adequate opportunity to present any relevant facts. The Health Officer may place any person involved in the matter, including the applicant, under oath. The Health Officer may, when he deems it necessary, continue any hearing by setting a new time and place and by giving notice to the applicant of such action. At the close of the hearing, or at any time within ten (10) days thereafter, the Health Officer will order such disposition of the application or permit as he has determined to be proper and will make such disposition known to the applicant."
(Prior code § 6.24.090 (part) (Ord. 70-9-664 § 2 (part))