Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Code, any person excepting to the denial, suspension, or revocation of a permit applied for or held by him or her pursuant to any provision of this Code, or to any administrative decision made by any official of the City pursuant to any provision of this Code, may appeal in writing to the Council by filing with the City Clerk a written notice of such appeal setting forth the specific grounds thereof.
The written notice of appeal shall be filed with the City Clerk within 14 days after the receipt of written notice of such action appealed from but in no event later than 30 days after the date of such action.
The City Clerk shall forthwith set such matter for a hearing before the Council at a subsequent regular meeting and shall cause a notice thereof to be given to the applicant not less than five days prior to such hearing, unless such notice is waived in writing by the applicant. At such hearing the appellant shall show cause on the grounds specified in the notice of appeal why the action excepted to should not be approved. The Council may continue the hearing from time to time, and its findings on the appeal shall be final and conclusive in the matter.
The judicial review of any decision of the City, or of any commission, board, officer, or agent thereof, shall be subject to the provisions of Section 1094.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure of the State.
(Part 1, Ord. 548, eff. September 8, 1977)
(a) 
For purposes of this chapter or any other provision of this Code which provides for appeal of any denial, suspension or revocation of a permit or any administrative decision made by an official, board or commission of the City pursuant to any provisions of this Code, the term "person" or "aggrieved person" or "appellant" shall include the City Council, any officer of the City, or another governmental agency.
(b) 
In the event that an appeal is brought by a member of the City Council, such Councilperson shall be prohibited from voting on or in any way participating in the Council's deliberations on the appeal. The appellant Councilperson may, however, testify or otherwise participate as a member of the general public at the hearing on such appeal.
(c) 
In the event that an appeal is brought by the City Council, acting as a whole, there shall be no requirement at the time the Council hears such appeal that the Council show cause, on the grounds specified in the notice of appeal, why the action excepted to should not be approved. The Council shall, instead, have full power and authority to sustain, reject or overrule wholly or partly the decision from which the appeal is taken.
(d) 
No fee shall be required for an appeal brought by the City Council, any official of the City, or another governmental agency.
(§ 1, Ord. 708, eff. April 27, 1995)