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D. Hearing Officer. A Hearing Officer appointed by the City <br />shall consider and decide petitions for rental increases. The <br />Hearing Officer shall be appointed by the City within ten days <br />after the City Manager has accepted the petition as complete. <br />The Hearing Officer shall meet one of the following criteria: <br /> <br /> 1. Completion of a Juris doctor or equivalent degree <br /> from a school of law and completion of a formal course of <br /> training in arbitration which, in the sole judgment of <br /> the City, provides that person with the knowledge and <br /> skills to conduct a mobilehome space rent hearing in a <br /> profession and successful manner; or <br /> <br /> 2. Possession of the knowledge and skills to conduct a <br /> mobilehome rent increase hearing and completion of at <br /> least three mobilehome rent increase hearing proceedings <br /> that involved issues the City considers similar to those <br /> raised by the pending petition. <br /> <br />E. Hearings. All hearings shall be open to the public. <br />Hearings shall be held as necessary to hear and decide <br />petitions within the allotted time and such hearings may be <br />continued as necessary to insure that the Hearing Officer has <br />all information he or she deems necessary to make a <br />determination. <br /> <br />Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Park Owner shall <br />bear the burden of production and proof of any factors <br />affecting the need for the proposed rent increase. The Park <br />Owner shall provide documentation sufficient to provide the <br />Hearing Officer with such information as the Hearing Officer <br />deems necessary to render an informed decision on the <br />petition. <br /> <br />F. Representation. Any party to a hearing may be assisted by <br />attorneys or other persons of the party's choice at the <br />party's sole expense. <br /> <br />G. Hearing Procedure. The Hearing Officer shall proceed in <br />the manner required by law, including this Chapter, and shall <br />render findings which support his or her decision and which <br />are supported by the evidence. The hearings shall not be <br />conducted according to technical rules of evidence and <br />witnesses. Any relevant evidence shall be considered if it is <br />the sort of evidence upon which reasonable persons are <br />accustomed to rely in the conduct of business affairs, <br />regardless of the existence of any common law or statutory <br />rule which might make improper the admission of such evidence <br />over objection in civil actions. Unduly repetitious or <br />irrelevant evidence shall be excluded upon order of the <br />Hearing Officer. <br /> <br /> - 16 - <br /> <br /> <br />