dress to which the objections may be mailed or delivered. c. The Department shall, within 60 days of the receipt of a completed application, make a determination on the application for rent adjustment. The determination shall be either to approve, modify, or disapprove the requested rent adjustment. Copies of the findings and determination of the Department shall be mailed by the Department to the applicant and all affected tenants. Said findings and determination shall provide that any rent increases approved on or after January 1, 1981 for capital improvements, rehabilitation work begun prior to June 1, 1982, or Seismic Retrofit Work shall not be included as part of the Maximum Adjusted Rent for purposes of computing rent increases pursuant to Section 151.06 of this chapter. 3. Requests for Hearing . a. The determination of the Department shall be final unless a request for hearing is filed by or on behalf of the applicant or an affected tenant, and such request is received by the Department within 15 days after the mailing of the findings and determination. A request for hearing shall be in writing and filed in the office of the Department upon a form and with the number of copies required by the Department. Each request for hearing shall be accompanied by a filing fee in the amount of $35.00. (Amended by Ord. No. 164,167, Eff. 12/12/88.) b. A request for hearing shall set forth specifically, wherein the requesting party believes there was error or abuse of discretion by the Department in ruling on the application for a rent increase. Additionally, a request for hearing may be made based on new, relevant information which was not submitted to the Department at the time of the initial determination due to mistake, surprise, inadvertence, or excusable neglect, and which information would have affected the determination of the Department if it had been submitted earlier. The filing of a request for hearing by a tenant or tenants will not stay the effect of the determination of the Department. However, any increase collected by the landlord pursuant to the Department’s determination but not approved by the hearing officer shall be forthwith refunded by the landlord to the tenant or tenants from whom such rent increases were collected, or offset by the landlord against the next legally due rental payment. (Amended by Ord. No. 156,597, Eff. 5/20/82, Oper.