(a) Before revoking a permit, the director of finance shall give written notice to the permittee, in the manner provided in this article, that a revocation hearing will be held at a place and time specified in the notice, which hearing shall not be sooner than ten (10) days from the date of the notice. The notice shall state the grounds relied upon for the proposed revocation. The director of finance (or designated representative) shall hold the hearing at the time and place specified, unless agreed otherwise by the permittee and other parties concerned, and the permittee shall be allowed to appear in person and by the counsel and offer evidence. A record shall be kept of all proceedings, including proofs offered and an audio tape of testimony. No permit shall be revoked unless grounds therefore are satisfactorily established by the evidence as shown by the record of the hearing. The director of finance shall give the permittee and other parties written notice of the hearing decision, and such decision shall be final. Revocation of a permit shall be effected by the finance director's signing of the written notice of the hearing decision. A permittee's right to do business under authority of the permit shall terminate immediately upon the mailing to the permittee of a copy of the director's signed decision revoking the permit.
(b) Notice required by this article may be served by certified mail addressed to the permittee at the address of the permittee as shown on the business license application or as shown on the going-out-of-business permit application. Such notices may also served by personal service.
(Ord. No. 8011, § 2, 3-22-93)