It is the purpose and intent of the City Council to establish rules and procedures for the conduct of administrative hearings required by statute, this Municipal Code, or administrative regulation in order to insure administrative due process is accorded to affected parties. The requirements and procedures of this chapter shall be applicable to administrative procedures and hearings regarding the denial, suspension or revocation of a permit, license or entitlement, and may be used to supplement or substitute for any administrative hearing or administrative procedure prescribed elsewhere in this Municipal Code. The procedures under this chapter may also be used in those situations where the Municipal Code authorizes a hearing as a precondition to the abatement of a nuisance, the imposition of an administrative fine or penalty, or as an administrative appeals procedure. (Ord. 2718 § 3, 1998).