Section 24-130. Action on applications for permits and certificates

(a) The
  commissioner shall act within a reasonable time not to exceed sixty days
  on an application for a permit or certificate, or for  a  renewal  of  a
  certificate,  and  shall  notify  the applicant in writing of his or her
  approval or disapproval of the application.
    (b) If an application is disapproved, the commissioner shall set forth
  his or her  objections  in  the  notice  of  disapproval  or  notice  of
  violation.
    (c)  Within sixty days after service on the applicant of the notice of
  disapproval or notice of violation exclusive of the day of service,  the
  applicant  may request the commissioner to reconsider the application by
  answering in writing the commissioner's objection to the application.
    (d) The commissioner shall consider the applicant's answer to  his  or
  her  objections,  and  shall  notify  the  applicant in writing within a
  reasonable time, not to exceed sixty days, of his  or  her  approval  or
  denial  of the application. Failure to answer or request an extension of
  time within sixty days after service of the notice of disapproval  or  a
  notice of violation shall be deemed a denial of the application.
    (e) The commissioner may grant a temporary operating certificate for a
  period  not  to exceed sixty days upon receipt of an application for the
  granting or renewal of an operating certificate and may, at his  or  her
  discretion,  renew  a  temporary operating certificate for an additional
  period not to exceed sixty days.