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y 53 <br /> issue of reasonable cause, the Commission staff shall, upon written <br /> request of the Complainant, issue a right-to-sue letter to the <br /> Complainant. <br /> If within one year from the date the Complaint was filed, <br /> the Commission has not made its final administrative disposition of <br /> the complaint, it must notify the Complainant and the Respondent in <br /> writing of reasons for delay. (HUD comments. ) <br /> Sec . 8 . 3 Referral to Office of Administrative Hearings <br /> Subdiv. 8 . 3 . 1 Hearings <br /> (a) Upon receipt of an application for a hearing from the <br /> Commission, the Director of the Office of Administrative Hearings <br /> shall, without undue delay, assign an administrative law judge to <br /> hear the case . Under this subsection, references to "parties " <br /> means "the Commission" and "the Respondent" and any other party the <br /> administrative law judge permits to intervene. It shall be within <br /> the sound discretion of the administrative law judge to allow or <br /> disallow such motion. <br /> (b) All hearings under this Ordinance shall be de novo, open <br /> to the public , and shall be conducted in an impartial manner. <br /> (c) Venue of cases heard by an administrative law judge under <br /> this Ordinance shall be in Orange County. <br /> (d) If at any time after the commencement of a hearing of a <br /> case under this section, but before the administrative law judge <br /> issues a final decision, the parties successfully conciliate the <br /> Complaint, the Commission shall file a stipulation of settlement or <br /> notice of voluntary dismissal with the presiding administrative law <br /> 48 <br />