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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 22-15 Notice and hearing.">
  <section prefix="§" num="22-15" heading="Notice and hearing.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Hearing required.">No license shall be denied, suspended, revoked, or not renewed hereunder without the Board of Consumer Protection and Business Licensing first affording the licensee an opportunity for a hearing.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Notice.">
      <para num="(1)">At least 15 calendar days prior to the date set for the hearing, the Board of Consumer Protection and Business Licensing shall:<para num="(i)">notify the applicant or the licensee in writing of the date, time, and place set for the hearing;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">specify the reason why the Board of Consumer Protection and Business Licensing proposes to refuse, deny, suspend, revoke, or not renew the application or license; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">afford all parties the opportunity to be heard in person and by counsel.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">The written notice shall be served by registered or certified mail.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Decision.">Within 10 working days following the hearing, the Board of Consumer Protection and Business Licensing shall render a decision and the reasons therefor in writing and shall forward a copy of the same to all parties by certified or registered mail.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 15, §139(b)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 89-273</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
