Any person designated in § 150.02 and notified of an unsafe building may, within ten days after being served with notice of unsafe building, make a written demand to the Director of Public Safety and Service for a hearing on the question of whether an unsafe building, as defined in § 150.01, exists. The demand shall be served upon the Director of Public Safety and Service by certified mailing or duly receipted hand delivery to the office of the Director of Public Safety and Service in the City Building. The hearing shall be held within ten days following receipt of this written demand, and at least two days written notice of the hearing shall be given to the applicant for the hearing. The hearing shall be conducted by a Hearing Board composed of three members of City Council, the foregoing to be appointed by the President of Council for such term as the Council President deems necessary. It shall be the burden of the Director of Public Safety and Service to prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that an unsafe building exists; unless a majority of the Hearing Board concurs that the building is unsafe, the abatement notice will be rescinded. A copy of the decision of the Hearing Board shall be promptly mailed to the applicant for the hearing.
(2003 Code, § 150.06) (Ord. 3039, passed 8-19-1993; Ord. 3156, passed 7-11-1996)