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Council introduces administrative hearings ordinance to streamline appeals, set impartial hearing officer process
Summary
Deputy City Attorney Holtz presented an ordinance creating a uniform administrative hearing procedure for code enforcement, licensing and certain animal hearings; council discussed hearing-officer qualifications and compensation and introduced bill 1055-cs 4–0 (one absence).
Deputy City Attorney Holtz presented an ordinance (bill 1055-cs) to establish a uniform administrative hearing process for the city, initially applying to code enforcement, licensing and certain animal (potentially dangerous or nuisance-dog) hearings. Holtz said the goal is to reduce staff time and create a legally defensible process by using impartial hearing officers to hear appeals that otherwise might be resolved…
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