Title 04 Administrative Agencies and Procedures
Chapter 04.04 Special Administrative Procedures – Licensing
Section 04.04.090 Hearing
- If the licensee or other interested person makes written request to the license officer within ten days of the issuance of a provisional order to comply, the license officer schedules a hearing.
- Unless the licensee within seven days of the issuance of a summary order files with the license officer a written waiver, the license officer schedules a hearing.
- The license officer gives notice of a hearing in the same manner as orders to comply are served.
- The license officer’s order upon a hearing is final, subject to appeal as provided in SMC 4.04.100.
- Unless otherwise provided by an ordinance dealing specifically with the subject of a license or by rule, the hearings conducted by the license officer under this section are informal administrative hearings. They are conducted to determine the factual basis for entitlement to a regulatory license required in the exercise of the police power. They are not governed by the rules of procedure and evidence of courts.
- The license officer causes minutes of the hearing to be made and includes in the written order a summary of the salient facts found from the files and hearing.
- The order may revoke or suspend or reinstate the license upon such conditions as are warranted.
- The license officer promulgates the order from a hearing in the same manner as orders to comply are served.
Date Passed: Monday, March 26, 2007
Effective Date: Sunday, May 6, 2007
Recodification ORD C33995 Section 1
