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ORDINANCE Page 8 of 9 <br /> <br />4. The director’s decision shall be prima facie correct and the taxpayer shall have <br />the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the dire ctor’s <br />determination was erroneous. The hearing examiner shall, after appropriate <br />findings of fact and conclusions of law, affirm, modify, or overrule the <br />suspension or revocation. If the hearing examiner modifies or overrules the <br />suspension or revocation, the hearing examiner may reinstate the license and <br />has discretion to impose additional conditions upon continuance of the license. <br />The decision of the hearing examiner shall be final. <br />5. No suspension or revocation of a license issued pursuant to the provisi ons of this <br />chapter shall take effect until three days after the mailing of the notice thereof <br />by the director, and if appeal is taken as herein prescribed the suspension or <br />revocation shall be stayed pending final action by the hearing examiner. All <br />licenses which are suspended or revoked shall be surrendered to the city on the <br />effective date of such suspension or revocation. <br />6. The licensee and/or the city may seek review of the decision by the Snohomish <br />County superior court within twenty days from the date of the decision. If review <br />is sought as herein prescribed, the suspension or revocation shall be stayed <br />pending final action by the superior court. <br />C. Upon suspension or revocation of any license as provided in this section, no portion of <br />the license fee shall be returned to the licensee. <br />D. Suspension or revocation under this section shall in no event relieve a taxpayer or the <br />obligation to pay taxes owing under Chapter 3.20, 3.24, 3.28, or 3.36. <br /> <br />Section 3 The City Clerk and the codifiers of this Ordinance are authorized to make necessary <br />corrections to this Ordinance including, but not limited to, the correction of scrivener’s/clerical <br />errors, references, ordinance numbering, section/subsection numbers, and any internal <br />references. <br /> <br />Section 4 The City Council hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause <br />or phrase of this ordinance be declared invalid for any reason, it is the intent of the City Council <br />that it would have passed all portions of this ordinance independen t of the elimination of any <br />such portion as may be declared invalid. <br />Section 5 The enactment of this Ordinance shall not affect any case, proceeding, appeal or other <br />matter currently pending in any court or in any way modify any right or liability, civil or criminal, <br />which may be in existence on the effective date of this Ordinance. <br /> <br />Section 6 It is expressly the purpose of this Ordinance to provide for and promote the health, <br />safety and welfare of the general public and not to create or otherwise establish or designate any <br />particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by <br />the terms of this Ordinance. It is the specific intent of this Ordinance that no provision or any