(a) The director of finance shall file a written petition for revocation with the city administrative hearing office, requesting that a time and place be set for a hearing and specifying the grounds for revocation per section 7-215. Within five (5) days, the hearing officer shall schedule a hearing to be conducted within fifteen (15) days of the receipt of the petition to revoke. The hearing officer shall notify the parties in the manner provided in this article and shall state the grounds relied upon for the proposed revocation. Should the licensee fall to appear at the hearing, a default judgment of revocation shall be entered. A record shall be kept of all proceedings, including proofs offered and a transcript of testimony. No license shall be revoked unless grounds therefor are established by a preponderance of the evidence as shown by the record of the hearing. The hearing shall be conducted in the manner provided for in section 7-210(d). The hearing officer shall provide the licensee and other parties written notice of the decision within five (5) days, pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. Revocation of a license shall be effected by the hearing officer's signing of the written notice of his decision. A licensee's right to do business under authority of the license shall terminate immediately upon the giving or mailing to the licensee a copy of the signed decision revoking the license, except that the revocation may be stayed by the superior court pending a timely appeal of the decision by special action. Such appeal must be filed within ten (10) days after the decision to revoke is signed unless the decision is mailed, in which case, no later than fifteen (15) days after entry of the decision. The appellee shall bear the cost of preparing the record on appeal. if an appeal is not timely made, the revocation becomes final and the license is terminated.
(b) Notices required by this article may be served by certified mail to the licensee's attorney, to the licensee at the address as shown on the business license or by personal service.
(Ord. No. 4783, § 1, 4-3-78; Ord. No. 7414, § 1, 5-21-90)