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3. Such request shall include a filing fee as established by the city's rates <br />and charges. This fee will be refundable to the petitioner if found to be the <br />prevailing party. <br />b. Settlement conference. <br />1. The chief of police Planning manager or Community Development <br />Director shall schedule a settlement conference, to be conducted no more <br />than ten days after receipt of the hearing request and filing fee. A later <br />date may be mutually agreed upon by the parties. The settlement <br />conference will be held between the city and the property owner to <br />encourage a resolution prior to a hearing Settlement Hearing brought <br />before City Council <br />2. If after the conference, no resolution has been made, the chief of police <br />Planning Manager, Community Development Director, or his designee <br />shall notify the hearing examiner property owner of the date, time and <br />place of a Settlement hearing. <br />c . Settlement Hearing. <br />1. A settlement hearing shall be conducted during the first <br />available City Council meeting after an appeal request from the <br />settlement conference is received. Appeals to the Settlement <br />conference must be received within ten days of final resolution <br />of the conference. no more than ten days after the hearing <br />examiner receives notice of the request, unless a later date is <br />mutually agreed to by the hearing examiner, the property <br />owner and the city. <br />2. Both the property owner and the city may appear at the hearing <br />with counsel and may call such witnesses and present such <br />evidence relevant to the case. as is determined by the hearing <br />examiner to be relevant. <br />3. Any history of the property owner's prior violations shall be <br />deemed relevant and admissible as evidence. <br />d. Resolution. <br />1.The hearing examiner shall render a decision A decision shall be <br />made to affirm, repeal or modify the order of the city at the <br />conclusion of the conference hearing. Within 14 days after such <br />hearing, the findings of fact and final decision shall be provided to <br />the property owner. the hearing examiner shall provide written <br />findings of fact. <br />