§ 8.04.040 — Hearing Board

8.04.040 - Hearing Board.

A. Composition. A Hearing Board, composed of three members of the control board, in the manner hereinafter specified, is hereby created. The Hearing Board shall consist of one member from the board of commissioners of Clark County, Nevada, one member from the board of commissioners of Las Vegas, Nevada, and one member from the governing board or council or any other participating city, selected by the control board. The district attorney shall be the Hearing Board's legal adviser. B. Powers and Duties. The Hearing Board shall have the power: 1. To compel the attendance of witnesses and to take their testimony under oath; 2. When requested in writing, to review and affirm, reverse or nullify any of the acts of the Control Officer taken or done in the enforcement of this chapter, or under the rules and regulations adopted by the control board. C. Limitation of Applicability. After a public hearing, the Hearing Board may suspend the enforcement and operation of this chapter for a reasonable period of time, with respect to any person where such enforcement would cause serious hardship to such person, and substantially curtail the operation of his business because of the circumstances or conditions involved therein. The Hearing Board, may under such circumstances and in the interest of justice, limit the application of the whole or any part of this chapter to such person as provided herein. Any such determination made by the Hearing Board shall be in writing, shall state fully the reason therefor, and shall be filed in the office of the control board. D. Appeals. An appeal to the control board may be taken by any person aggrieved by a decision of the Hearing Board. The hearing before the control board shall be de novo, and the time within which an appeal must be made, and the form of other procedures relating thereto, shall be as specified in the rules and regulations of the control board.

(Prior code § 7.35.040)