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(e) Hearing Procedures. The City Council may prescribe rules governing the procedure of hearings conducte~U by it. A quorum for a hearing shall consist of a least four (4) members. Any act or decision requires the concurrence of a majority of members of the/City Council. (i) At the hearing, after the City, through,%he Director of Planning and other official,g as the City Council shall require, shall .have stated its case and presented its evi~ence, any interested person, firm, corporation/or other entity may state their evidence, ?byections, protests and give testimony relative to the alleged public nuisance or to the~roposed abatement. / (ii) After all such testimony, if th/City Council finds and determines that ther~ exists on the premises a public nuisanc~' a! defined in Section 41-688.2 of these pr~gis~ons, and that the public nuisance requires/abatement, it may allow abatement by means of/re-institution of previously permitted automDbile service station uses within a stated perig'd of time, including rehabilitation and repai~, or order demolition and removal of all closed, vacant and inopera- tive buildings and by fyqlling of all excavations as prescribed in SectiOn 41-688.8 within a stated period of timq~ Demolition or removal may include removal Df all, subsurface items described in Sectio~ 41-688.8. The City Council's order ma~ also include the revoca- tion .of any permi~'~ or variances previously granted, notwith~%anding any other provision of the Santa Ana/~Municipal Code. The City Council's order may also provide that if abatement ~s not commenced within the period of time the ~ity Council has found and determined to be reasonable under the circumstances (but in no even~ less than thirty (30) days from the date of t~ order) thgt further City-in!tiated proceedi~s shall be ~mplemented according to law, including demolition and removal by The City or through contract. The order may also include as an ~lternative an instruction to the City Attorney that if abatement is not c~mmenced and accon}/plished as prescribed, to institute appro- pri court proceedings for the demolition, and/or enjoinment of the public nuisance. (iii) Sec. 41-688 1. Performance of Demolition Work; Recovery of Costs (a) demolition or removal work is to be done by the ty pursuant to Sec. 41-688.1Q(e)(iii), the Direc- to of Planning shall issue his order therefor to the D' ~ctor of Public Works and the work shall be accom- by city personnel or by private contract under direction of the Director of Public Works. (b) ~he procedure determining the costs and assessing them shall follow as closely as possible the procedures ex- tablished in Chapters 8 and 9 of the Uniform Building Code, Volume IV, Dangerous Buildings Code, 1970 edi- tion as previously adopted by reference by Sec. 8-1900 of this Code, except that: (i) the revolving fund to finance demolition, exca- vation and removal work shall be designated the Abandoned Service Station Abatement Fund, -13-