a. Application.A person may apply for an exemption from the requirements set forth in Section 14-16 for one nonrenewable one-year period. The application must be in writing and must include all information necessary for the Director to make a determination, including but not limited to a statement of the supporting facts made under penalty of perjury and documentation showing factual support for the exemption. The Director may require the applicant to provide additional information and may deny the application if the applicant fails to provide it.

b. Determination by Director.The City may, within its discretion, approve a food provider’s or City contractor’s application for exemption from the requirements set forth in Section 14-16 for a nonrenewable, one-year period only upon a finding and determination that Section 14-16 would create an undue hardship upon the applicant not generally applicable to other food providers or City contractors in similar circumstances. The Director may, within its discretion, deny the application in whole, approve the application in whole, or approve the application in part and/or with conditions. The Director shall prepare a written decision to grant or deny a one-year exemption, which decision shall be final. (Ord. 3590 § 5, 2018)