Section 1306 is added to said Uniform Housing Code to read as follows:
Sec. 1306. Appeals from Board to Board of Supervisors. The decision of the Board shall be final, subject to appeal to the Board of Supervisors.
Any person entitled to notice under the provisions of this Code may appeal the decision of the Board by filing with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors within fifteen (15) days after the date of the decision a request that the matter be set for an appeal hearing by the Board of Supervisors.
The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors shall notify the appellant of the date of the hearing and give the appellant no less than fifteen (15) days’ notice of the hearing date. The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors shall serve the notice by certified mail to the address given by the appellant in his notice of appeal.
The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors shall notify the Building Official of the filing of such request, and the Building Official shall transmit to the Board of Supervisors the records of the Board pertaining to the order being appealed. The filing of such an appeal shall automatically defer the effective date of any order until the Board of Supervisors has ruled on the appeal.
The decision of the Board shall be presumed to be correct, and the appellant shall have the burden of proof in the appeal hearing before the Board of Supervisors. In the event the Board of Supervisors sustains the order of the Board, the period for the commencement and completion of the abatement as specified in the Board resolution shall start from the date of such action by the Board of Supervisors.
The Board of Supervisors may continue its hearings on such appeals from time to time. It may hear evidence from competent persons as may be desired. It may return the matter to the Board for further information or for further hearings. The Board of Supervisors may modify as it determines proper any order of the Board. Any order so modified shall be returned to the Board, and thereafter, in that case, the Board and the Building Official shall act upon that modified order in the same manner as orders which the Board itself might issue. (§ 2, Ord. 718, eff. April 23, 1975, as amended by § 4, Ord. 1003, eff. March 28, 1985)