Ordinance No. 1053

ARTICLE III—PUBLIC NOTICE

 

 

 

 

            a.         When a provision of this chapter requires notice of a hearing to be given pursuant to this section, notice shall be given in all of the following ways:

1.         Notice of the hearing shall be mailed or delivered personally at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing to the applicant, license holder or owner of the animal, as the case may be. The notice of the hearing shall be served either personally or by first class mail in a sealed envelope with postage prepaid, addressed to the animal owner at his last known mailing address and deposited in a facility maintained by the United States Department of Postal Service. The person providing such notice or service shall sign a declaration under penalty of perjury that notice or service has been made. In the event that the last known address of the animal owner cannot be ascertained, the Hearing Officer or Animal Control Officer shall sign a declaration under penalty of perjury that best efforts were made to provide notice or service to the animal owner. In the case of service by mail, notice or service is complete at the time the notice is deposited in the United States mail.

2.         Notice of the hearing shall be posted at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing on a bulletin board on a public area at the Animal Shelter, on or near the doors of the meeting room where the hearing will be held, if the hearing is to be held at a location other than the Animal Shelter, and in at least one (1) public place on or near the licensed premises or the premises where the animal is maintained.

            b.         The notice shall include the information specified in Section 3.7.

            c.         In addition to the notice required by this subsection, notice may also be given in any other manner deemed necessary or desirable.

 

 

When a provision of this chapter requires notice of a hearing to be given, the notice shall include the date, time and place of the hearing, the identity of the Animal Hearing Officer, a general explanation of the matter to be considered, a general description, in text or by diagram, of the location of the licensed premises, if any, that is the subject of the hearing, and a notice that if the applicant, license holder or owner of the animal, as the case may be, fails to appear at the hearing, the hearing shall proceed in such person's absence and such absence shall be further considered a waiver by that person of his or her right to present evidence at the hearing.