Appeals.
Oklahoma City Municipal Code § 49-145
in effect§ 49-145. - Appeals.
(a) The Board of Health shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine, in accordance with the standards and requirements of this article, any appeal brought before it and shall have the power to sustain, modify, or rescind any order issued pursuant to this article and to issue other orders in connection therewith as it may find to be warranted by the evidence received.
(b) The Board of Health shall hold public hearings and shall establish its own rules for hearings. Any person may petition the Board for a hearing by filing a request for such hearing on or before the last day allowed by the order issued pursuant to this article which is appealed from, and if no time is provided on the order, then within 20 days after the order has been served. The request shall be in writing, signed by the petitioner under oath and shall contain a brief statement of the grounds of the appeal. The appeal shall be on file with the Board at least ten days before the date on which it is set for hearing by the Board. Notice of the date, time and place of the hearing shall be served personally or by certified United States mail upon the petitioner, at least ten days prior to the hearing date. The filing of the petition shall stay all proceedings and the landfill operation shall not be operated pending the hearing and determination of the appeal.
(c) If, upon appeal, the Board determines that the order of the Director of the Health Department should not be modified to allow additional time in which to comply, or when no appeal has been made from an order, and in either case when a reinspection of the landfill operation at the end of the time granted for compliance discloses that the operation continues to violate any provision of this article or requirements of this Code, or when the Board sustains any order appealed to such Board and upon failure to comply with the order of the Board, the Board shall immediately recommend in writing to the Council that such landfill operations be abated as a public nuisance.
(Ord. No. 16765, § 1(9-317.1), 6-29-82; Code 1980, § 49-117; Ord. No. 21055, § 1, 5-26-98)
Source: City of Oklahoma City, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ok/oklahoma_city/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=OKMUCO2020_CH49SOWA_ARTIVLA_DIV1GE_S49-145APFetched: 10/28/2026