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ORDINANCE NS-2171 351 seo. 18-510. summary suspension. (a) If any immediate danger to the public health or safety is found, unless the danger is immediately corrected, an inspector may temporarily suspend the permit and order the premises immediately closed. "Immediate danger to the public health and safety" means any condition, based upon inspection findings or other evidence, that can cause food infection, food intoxication, disease transmission, or hazardous condition, including but not limited to, unsafe food temperature, sewage contamination, nonpotable water supply, or an employee who is a carrier of a communicable disease. (b) Whenever a permit is suspended as the result of an immediate danger to the public health or safety, the inspector shall issue to the permittee a notice setting forth the acts or omissions with which the permittee is charged, specifying the pertinent code section, and informing the permittee of the right to a hearing. (c) At any time within fifteen (15) calendar days after service of a notice pursuant to subsection (b), the permittee may request in writing a hearing before a hearing officer to show cause why the permit suspension is not warranted. The hearing shall be held with fifteen (15) calendar days of the receipt of a request for a hearing. A failure to request a hearing within fifteen (15) calendar days shall be deemed a waiver of the right to such hearing. SECTION 15: That section 18-511 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 18-511. Supervision of closing down premises. When any permit is first suspended hereunder, or when premises governed hereby shall have been closed for business and left in an unsanitary condition, the health department shall have the power to enter to insure that the premises are closed down in a manner which will not endanger public health. If the permittee or his employee in charge cannot be found, or is unwilling or unable to remedy the condition of the premises, the owner of the premises shall be notified of the unsanitary conditions and shall be required to take such remedial action as may be necessary to obviate such condition. SECTION 16: That section 18-512 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 18-512. Rules and regulations. The health officer may adopt and enforce rules and regulations necessary to administer this article, including, but not limited 8