If the city manager shall refuse to grant a license to any applicant under this division, the action of the city manager shall be final unless the applicant shall, within ten days after the refusal to grant such license, file a written appeal with the city secretary, addressed to the city council, requesting a hearing by the council upon the question as to whether or not his or her application shall be granted. If such appeal is filed, the city manager shall provide the council with a record of all proceedings theretofore had with reference to the application in question, including the written application, together with the action of the city manager and the reasons for such action. The city council shall, within 30 days, grant a hearing thereon to determine the correctness of the action of the city manager, at which hearing the council may make such investigation as it may see fit, whether or not all the pertinent facts appear in the application. It shall be discretionary with the city council as to whether or not a license shall be granted and such action as the council may take thereof shall be final and conclusive.
(1964 Code, § 34-62)