Appeals

(a) The property owner, permit holder, or discharger may petition to appeal the terms of a permit or license issued herein by the city, its modification, revocation, suspension, or denial, or the chief engineer’s order, including but not limited to enforcement within 30 days of the chief engineer’s final action on the matter in accordance with the rules of the department. (b) Failure to submit a timely petition for appeal shall be a waiver of the administrative appeal. (c) In its petition, the appealing party must indicate the permit or license provisions objected to, the reasons for this objection, and alternative condition, if any, it seeks to place in the permit or license, or the specific basis for its objections to the permit or license modification, suspension, revocation, or denial and alternatives, if any, it suggests; its specific grounds for its objection to the chief engineer’s order. (d) The effectiveness of the permit or license issued herein or the chief engineer’s final action regarding the permit or license modification, suspension, revocation, or denial; or regarding the chief engineer’s order, including but not limited to enforcement, shall not be stayed pending the appeal. (e) If the petition for appeal is not acted upon within 30 days by the chief engineer, the petition shall be denied and the property owner or permit holder or discharger shall comply with the terms of the permit, license, or the chief engineer’s final action regarding the permit or license modification, suspension, or revocation; or the terms of the chief engineer’s order. (f) The chief engineer shall take final action on a permit or license denial, issuance, modification, or renewal, or the order, including but not limited to enforcement, by sending the permit, license or the chief engineer’s order to the applicant by certified mail.