Unless otherwise provided, any person aggrieved by an action of the director or health
officer issuing or refusing any permit, suspending or revoking any permit, or any
other final action imposing affirmative or negative obligations on such user under
this chapter may appeal such decision to the county administrator or his designee.
No notice of violation under subsection 30-3(f) of this chapter, no requirement only for information or data concerning a regulated
activity, and no action of the director or health officer not imposing specific affirmative
or negative obligations shall be appealable. The county administrator must receive
the written appeal within 15 days of the date of the director's action, identifying
the action appealed from, the relevant facts, and any information that such person
requests the county administrator to consider. The county administrator or his designee
may in his discretion either informally decide the appeal without a hearing or may
hold a hearing at which such person may present his arguments and evidence. At any
hearing held pursuant to this section 30-5, testimony taken must be under oath and recorded. The transcript, so recorded, will
be made available to any member of the public or any party to the hearing upon payment
of the usual charges thereof. The county administrator will affirm, modify, or rescind
the action in writing within 15 days of the appeal or any hearing held hereunder.
Exhaustion of the opportunity for appeal under this section 30-5 shall be a jurisdictional prerequisite for judicial review of any action of the director
or health officer.
