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Except in emergency cases involving the imminent risk of pollution of the city water supply, the director shall give ten working (10) days written notice to the owner or occupant of the affected premises or to a responsible agent of the intention to terminate the water service. The director shall afford to the owner, occupant or agent a hearing on the question of whether water service shall be terminated. This hearing shall be scheduled and conducted in a manner so that, to the maximum extent feasible, the inconvenience and burden on the owner, occupant or agent shall be minimized. The hearing shall take place before the director or a designated principal assistant. The director shall not terminate the water service to the premises in question if it is determined that: (1) The owner, occupant or agent has presented clear, convincing and credible evidence that there are no actual or potential cross-connection hazards within the subject premmses; and (2) No purpose of this article would be served by conducting an on-site inspection of the premises. In all cases, the hearing provided by this subsection shall be scheduled within the ten-day period immediately following the giving of written notice to the owner, occupant or agent. Upon a showing of good cause, the director may grant a reasonable continuance of the hearing so scheduled; but the director, nevertheless, shall retain the right to terminate the water service at the expiration of the ten-day notice period if, public health considerations require such action. The director shall, in all cases, render a decision immediately after taking of all evidence at the hearing or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, but in no case later than twenty-four (24) hours following the termination of the taking of evidence. The director shall cause the findings of fact and disposition of the case to be reduced to writing and shall preserve the same for a period of one (1) year. The hearing itself before the director shall be tape recorded or preserved by other appropriate means. Should the owner, occupant or agent desire a copy of the tape, the director shall cooperate in undertaking to reproduce the same at the expense of the owner, occupant or agent. In all cases, the director shall exercise the utmost care to preserve the integrity of the original 5ape. (c) In emergency circumstances where the director has reasonable cause to believe that a cross-connection hazard exists mn the subject premises and such hazard jeopardizes the integrity or the purity of the city water supply, the director shall forthwith terminate the water service to the subject premises. The director shall thereafter immediately afford the owner, occupant or