A.    Upon denial of an alarm permit application or denial of a permit renewal application or upon suspension or revocation of such a permit under this chapter, an alarm user may request a review hearing to be conducted by a sheriff’ s office hearing officer to dispute that action.

    B.    Upon notice of a violation(s) and/or fine(s) by the sheriff, the alarm user or alarm business may also request a hearing to be conducted by a sheriff’ s office hearing officer to dispute the referenced violation(s) or fine(s).

    C.    A request for hearing under this section shall be in writing and shall be made:

    (1)    In the case of denial of an alarm permit or permit renewal application or revocation of an alarm permit: within ten business days of the date of notice to the alarm user of that action;

    (2)    In the case of notice of violation(s) and/or fine(s): within ten business days of the date of notice of said violation or fine.

    D.    Failure to request a review hearing in a timely manner as provided herein shall be deemed a waiver of the right to a review hearing under this section and the notice decision shall be final.

    E.    Upon receipt of a timely request for a hearing under this section, the sheriff shall provide a written notice of review hearing to the requesting party. The notice shall specify the date, time and location of the hearing. The notice shall be sent via U.S. regular mail to the address of the requesting party specified in the permit application or to the address specified by the requesting party in the written request for hearing (if that address is different from the address in the permit application). The notice shall be mailed to the requesting party at least five business days before the scheduled date for the review hearing.

    F.    The hearing shall be conducted within fifteen (15) business days of the request for a hearing.

    G.    The review hearing shall be conducted by the hearing officer. The hearing shall be informal and shall not be conducted pursuant to rules of evidence.

    H.    As applicable, the purpose of the hearing is to determine if there is satisfactory evidence that the permit or renewal permit should not be issued due to failure to comply with the conditions of this chapter, or if a permit should be revoked based on a violation of this chapter and, if so, the appropriate fine for that violation or violations per the schedule of fines established in Section 6.08.150.

    I.    The hearing officer shall issue a written decision within ten business days of the conclusion of hearing. The hearing officer shall notify the requesting party by mailing a copy of that decision to the requesting party at the same address to which the notice of hearing was mailed. The decision shall inform the party of their right to appeal the decision as set forth in this chapter and shall set forth the final date for receipt of such appeal. (Ord. 2005-35 § 2 (part))