This chapter provides a procedure for filing and hearing appeals
from administrative determinations pursuant to those chapters of this
code which have incorporated the provisions of this chapter by reference.
(Ord. 852 § 1, 1975)
Any person aggrieved by an administrative decision may, within
twenty days of the decision, appeal the same to the city council by
filing a written appeal with the city clerk, together with the filing
fee established by minute order or resolution.
(Ord. 852 § 1, 1975)
Upon receipt of the appeal, the city clerk shall set the matter
for hearing before the city council on a date not more than thirty
days after receipt of the appeal. Notice of such hearing shall be
given to the applicant and any other person requesting notice of the
same.
(Ord. 852 § 1, 1975)
Upon the hearing, the council shall hear the appellant and any
witnesses he or she wishes to produce together with any testimony
from any designated city employees, together with any evidence offered
by any of them.
(Ord. 852 § 1, 1975)
The council shall consider all the factors set forth in the
principal chapter, shall weigh all the evidence presented at the hearing,
and shall render a decision based upon its independent analysis of
the same. No administrative decision shall be reversed or modified
except upon a vote of at least three members of the city council.
(Ord. 852 § 1, 1975)
The decision of the city council shall be final. No court action
seeking to review the same shall be filed more than thirty days after
the decision of the city council.
(Ord. 852 § 1, 1975)
