Section 8.72.070 Request for hearing and appeal.

Any person ordered to abate a nuisance may have, upon request, a hearing with the officials ordering the abatement as to whether a nuisance exists. A request for a hearing must be made in writing and delivered to the officer ordering the abatement within the time stated in the notice, or it will be conclusively presumed that a nuisance exists and it must be abated as ordered.

At the conclusion of the hearing, the hearing officer shall render a written decision as to whether a nuisance exists. If he finds that a nuisance exists, he must order it abated within an additional time which must be reasonable under the circumstances. An appeal from this decision may be had by immediately filing a written notice with the hearing official. This appeal will be heard before the city council at a time and place fixed by the council. The findings of the council shall be conclusive and if a nuisance is found to exist, it shall be ordered abated within a time reasonable under the circumstances. (Ord. S-20760, 1972)