Sparta CHAPTER 124: RENTAL UNIT LICENSING § 124.13
APPEAL, SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSE
Operative Text
(A) Any person whose license for a rental property has been suspended or revoked shall be entitled to a hearing before the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety. A hearing may be scheduled by sending a written appeal with grounds thereof pursuant to this code. If no appeal is made within ten days following the issuance of the order of suspension or revocation, the license revocation shall be final. However, during those ten days, the person whose license has been suspended may request reinspection for the purpose of showing that the violation or violations cited in the notice have been corrected under § 124.14 of this chapter. (B) A denial of a license by the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety may be appealed to the full City Council by filing a written request for rehearing with the City Clerk within ten days after the Commissioner’s decision is issued. (Ord. 2025-03, passed 2-10-2025; Ord. 2025-11, passed 7-14-2025)
Sparta § 124.13 establishes the process for challenging decisions about rental unit licenses. When a license is suspended or revoked, the affected party has ten days to request a hearing before the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety by submitting a written appeal; if no appeal is filed within that window, the revocation becomes final. During that same ten-day period, a suspended licensee may also request a reinspection to demonstrate that cited violations have been corrected. A denial of a license application follows a separate path, allowing an appeal to the full City Council via a written request filed with the City Clerk within ten days of the Commissioner's decision.
Plain English — not legal advice.
Under Sparta § 124.13, operators whose rental license has been suspended or revoked generally act promptly to preserve their appeal rights, since the ten-day window for filing a written appeal with the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety is firm. Compliant operators typically document corrective actions taken on cited violations and may request a reinspection within that same period to support reinstatement under § 124.14. Operators who receive an outright license denial have a parallel avenue—filing a written rehearing request with the City Clerk to bring the matter before the full City Council within ten days of the Commissioner's decision.
General guidance for property managers — not legal advice for your specific situation. Consult an attorney for advice on your case.
Sparta § 124.13 is relevant to tenants because a landlord's license status directly affects the legal operation of a rental unit. If a landlord's license has been suspended, revoked, or denied, tenants may wish to monitor whether the property remains in compliance, since an unresolved revocation becomes final after ten days with no appeal. Tenants who have concerns about a property's licensing status can contact the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety for information, or reach out to a local tenant-rights organization to understand what options may be available under this chapter.
General guidance for tenants — not legal advice for your specific situation. Consult a tenant-rights organization or attorney for advice on your case.
Generated November 11, 2026 — auto-generated, not yet human-reviewed. See /transparency for methodology.
Effective Timeline
References Out
No outbound references recorded yet for this provision.
References In
No inbound references recorded yet for this provision.