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The provisions of this section shall apply to all initial in- spections and to such follow-up inspections as may be necessary. (b) In addition to the warrant procedure set forth in subsection (a) of this section, the director may commence ad- ministrative, proceedings to discontinue water service to un- inspected premises. Except in emergency cases involving the imminent risk of pollution of the city water supply, the director shall give ten days' written notice to the owner or occupant of the affected premises or to a responsible agent of his 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 sche- duled 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 himself or a designated principal assistant. The director shall not terminate the water service to the premises in question if he finds as a fact that: (1) The owner, occupant or agent has presented clear, con- vincing and credible evidence that there are no cross-connection hazards within the subject premises; and ('2) No purpose of this article would be served by conduct- ing 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 con- tinuance of the hearing so scheduled; but the director, neverthe- less, shall retain the right to terminate the water service at the expirat-ion of the ten-day notice period if, in his discretion, pubtic'health considerations require such action. The director shall,-in all cases, render his decision immediately after the takfng of all evidence at the hearing or as soon thereafter as may be pr"acticable, but in no case later than twenty-four hours following the termination ~f the taking of evidence. The director shalI cause ~his findings of fact and disposition of the case to be reduced to writing and shall preserve the same in his files for a period of one year. The hearing itself before the director shall be tape recorded or preserved by other appropriate means..Should the owner, occupant or agent ~es~re a co~y of the tape, the di- rector shall cooperate With hmm in undertaking to reproduce the 2