Within five days after receiving notification by certified mail that his permit to solicit under this article has been denied, any applicant may file a written request for a public hearing on the application before the City Clerk , together with written exceptions to the findings of fact upon which the City Clerk based the denial of the application. Such written request for a public hearing shall be filed with the City Clerk. Upon the filing of such a request, the City Clerk shall fix a time and place for the hearing and shall notify the applicant thereof. The hearing shall be held within five days after the request is filed. At the hearing the applicant may present evidence in support of his application and exceptions. Any interested person may, in the discretion of the City Clerk, be allowed to participate in the hearing and present evidence in opposition to the application and exceptions within ten days. After the conclusion of the hearing the City Clerk shall render a written report either granting or denying the application for a permit. In this report the City Clerk shall state the facts upon which the City Clerk’s decision is based, and the City Clerk’s ruling upon any exceptions filed to the City Clerk’s original findings of fact upon the application. This report shall be filed in the City Clerk’s office for public inspection and a copy shall be served by certified mail upon the applicant and all parties to the hearing.
(Ord. 80-29. Passed 8-4-80; Ord. 2002-15. Passed 12-2-02.)