(A) All hearings required under this or any other section, shall be open to the public and held with sufficient written notice to the permittee of time, place, and nature thereof to enable the party to the proceedings to appear and participate in the hearing.
(B) At any hearing required under this subchapter, the Hearing Officer shall be the Health Officer or the Health Officer’s designee. Every person who is a party to such proceedings shall have the right to submit evidence, to cross-examine witnesses and to be represented by legal counsel as arranged by the party to the proceedings. All such hearings shall be conducted in an informal manner, but irrelevant, immaterial or unduly repetitive evidence may be excluded.
(C) Within a reasonable time after such hearing, the Health Officer or the Health Officer’s designee shall enter a final order, subject to the right of appeal to a court having jurisdiction of the parties and of the subject matter of the appeal.
(D) To exercise the right of appeal, a party to the final order must file a petition for relief from the order with the Circuit or a Superior Court of Tippecanoe County no later than as required by law or 60 days from the date of the health officer’s final order, whichever is less.
(Ord. 2019-11-CM, passed 4-1-19)