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Code · Louisiana · Title 33 — Municipalities and Parishes

RS 33:4755.5

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RS 33:4755.5
§4755.5. Operations of the commission
A. The city, through the director of any department of the city, may refer any matter relating to vacant substandard structures to the commission for adjudication when:
(1)The department has found that a structure is in violation of a city ordinance or regulation;
(2)The department has notified the owner or other responsible party at least once of the violation in accordance with the applicable city ordinance; and
(3)The owner or other responsible party has not remedied the violation within thirty days after the latest notice.
B. Upon referral of any matter to the commission, the chairman shall set a date for hearing the matter within thirty days, shall notify the members of the commission, and shall appoint a hearing officer from the staff of the commission or from the city's Department of Law. The commission may schedule and conduct adjudicative proceedings or cause such proceedings to be conducted on more than one matter at any one hearing.
C. The commission shall notify the owner of the structure at least fourteen days prior to the hearing. Such notification shall be by ordinary service of process upon the owner or other responsible party or upon an attorney appointed by the chairman of the commission to represent such person in the event that he is absent from the state or unrepresented. It shall be sufficient to notify one party in the event that there are multiple owners or other responsible parties.
D.(1) The commission shall make a determination by majority vote, based upon evidence presented, whether there has been the violation alleged by the city department.
(2)Upon its determination that a violation has occurred, the commission shall issue an order which may include the imposition of a penalty as provided in R.S. 33:4755.4(C).
(3)The final determination and order, if any, shall be in writing and the determination of any commissioner which differs from that of the commission shall also be issued based on the record of the hearing.
E. Any person aggrieved by the final determination or order in the commission's adjudication proceedings shall be entitled to judicial review as further provided in R.S. 49:978.1.
Acts 1984, No. 920, §1, eff. July 20, 1984.
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