§ 52-27. Application for appeal.

Any applicant who shall have been denied a license under this chapter may apply, upon payment to the Town Clerk of an administrative fee of $300, to the Town Attorney to appeal the action of the Town Clerk as hereinafter provided:

A. 

Such application to the Town Attorney shall be in writing, signed and acknowledged by the applicant and shall state the ground or grounds on which the applicant claims that the determination of the Town Clerk was erroneous. The application for appeal shall be filed by delivery to the Town Attorney by mail or in person.

B. 

Such application shall be filed within 20 days after notice of denial of his application by the Town Clerk has been mailed to him or delivered to him in person.

C. 

Upon the filing of such application, the Town Attorney shall arrange for a hearing thereon pursuant to the provisions of § 52-28. Such hearing shall be held within 90 days after the filing of an application therefor.

D. 

At such hearing the Town Attorney, or his/her designee, who shall be an employee of the Town and an attorney admitted to practice law within the State of New York, shall consider the applicant's application upon the record before the Town Clerk and, in its discretion, may receive new or additional evidence in support thereof or in opposition thereto.