Administrative Hearing Officer

City of Lebanon is seeking a part-time, contractual (1099) Administrative Hearing Officer to hear City of Lebanon Codes violation cases.

The Administrative Hearing Officer under TN Code § 6-54-1006  has jurisdiction to hear cases involving violations of municipal ordinances regulating building and property maintenance, including (1) locally adopted building codes; (2) locally adopted residential codes; (3) locally adopted plumbing codes; (4) locally adopted electrical codes; (5) locally adopted gas codes; (6) locally adopted mechanical codes; (7) locally adopted energy codes; (8) locally adopted property maintenance codes; and (9) ordinances regulating any subject matter commonly found in these codes.

For violations occurring upon residential property, the Administrative Hearing Officer may levy a fine upon the violator not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per violation. A “residential property” means a single-family dwelling principally used as the property owner’s primary residence and the real property upon which it sits.

When violations occur on non-residential property, the Administrative Hearing Officer may levy a fine upon the violator not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) per violation day. A “non-residential property” means all real property, structures, buildings, and dwellings that are not residential property.

The Administrative Hearing Officer sets a reasonable period-of-time to allow the alleged violator to remedy the violation alleged in the citation before a fine is imposed. The remedial period shall be no less than ten (10) nor greater than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days, except where failure to remedy the alleged violation is less than ten (10) calendar days would pose an imminent threat to the health, safety or welfare of persons or property in the adjacent area.

The Administrative Hearing Officer will conduct administrative hearings at the City of Lebanon Courtroom (or other designated City location) and is responsible for hearing cases a minimum of 2x per month.

The administrative hearing officer shall be appointed by the City of Lebanon Mayor for a four-year term and serve at the pleasure of City Mayor. The administrative hearing officer may be reappointed.

EXPERIENCE AND REQUIREMENTS:

An administrative hearing officer shall be one (1) of the following: 

(1) Licensed building inspector;

(2) Licensed plumbing inspector;

(3) Licensed electrical inspector;

(4) Licensed attorney;

(5) Licensed architect; or

(6) Licensed engineer.

Administrative Hearing Officer Certification Requirement:

The individual appointed to serve as an administrative hearing officer shall, within the six-month period immediately following the date of such appointment, participate in a program of training conducted by the University of Tennessee's Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS)

The administrative hearing officer shall complete six (6) hours of continuing education every calendar year through MTAS.

TO APPLY:

Fill out the application and include a cover letter describing your hourly, billable rate and include a copy of your professional license.

You may not be an existing City of Lebanon employee or other elected City official and also be appointed to Administrative Hearing Officer.