A. APPEAL AND REVIEW. Any person aggrieved by a ruling of the Building Inspector respecting the interpretation of this chapter, or an officer, department, board, or commission of the City affected by a ruling of the Building Inspector concerning the interpretation of the chapter, may take an appeal to the City Council. Such appeal shall be taken within ten days, and shall be taken by filing with the Building Inspector and the City Clerk a notice of appeal, specifying the grounds thereof, together with such exhibits as necessary. Such appeal shall be taken upon such forms as may be prescribed by the City Council. The Building Inspector shall forthwith transmit to the City Council all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed was taken.
B. STAY OF PROCEEDINGS. The appeal shall stay all proceedings. The City Council shall fix a reasonable time and place for hearing the appeal and shall cause the City Clerk to give notice thereof to the person appealing and to the officer from whom the appeal is taken. It shall hear and decide the appeal within thirty days after the date upon which the hearing for the taking of evidence and testimony is declared closed. The City Council may reverse or affirm, wholly or in part, or may modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination as in its opinion ought to be made to conform to the provisions of this title and chapter, and its decision shall be deemed final and conclusive upon the parties.
C. NOTICE OF APPEAL HEARING. Notice of appeal hearing as provided in this section shall be given in writing and may be delivered personally or by depositing the same in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to the person and place designated to receive notice as set forth by applicant pursuant to Section 14.24.040(k) herein, and such notice shall be presumed given whether applicant or his designee has departed from, or vacated such address without subsequent notice in writing to City as to the person or place for receipt of such notice.
(Ord. 1309 § 2 (part), 1963).