If the recipient of the notice of abatement makes a written request for hearing within
the notice period, then the unified government shall immediately schedule a hearing
during a regular business day within ten calendar days from the receipt of the written
request. The hearing shall be conducted by a designated hearing officer appointed
by the county administrator who shall not be a subordinate of the officer who issued
the notice of abatement or conducted the investigation. The hearing officer shall
receive evidence, review the investigation and prepare a written order. The order
shall be sent by certified mail to all relevant parties within ten days of the hearing,
unless otherwise stated at the hearing, and prior to the unified government taking
any action to abate the violation. The order shall describe the relevant facts relied
upon, should state the specified code provisions being relied upon, should a violation
be found, and state any such other stipulations, methods of abatement or orders as
deemed necessary by the hearing officer.
