Any person taking exceptions to any decision, ruling, regulation or order of the City Manager made or promulgated under the provisions of this subchapter may appeal to the governing body. The appeal shall be taken within ten days after the decision, ruling, regulation or order complained of, by filing, in writing, with the City Manager a notice of appeal directed to the governing body, specifying the grounds thereof and the relief sought. A deposit of $10 shall be posted by the appellant at the time of the appeal to cover the cost of the hearing. The City Manager shall forthwith furnish to the governing body all the papers relating to the decision, ruling, regulation or order which is appealed. The governing body shall set a date not less than five days and not more than ten days after the date of filing of the appeal for the hearing and shall give notice thereof by mail to all interested parties. The appellant may appear at the hearing in person or may be represented by agent or by attorney. The governing body shall affirm, modify or set aside the decision of the City Manager or shall make other disposition of the matter as, in the opinion of the governing body, the good of the city may require. The decision of the governing body in any case shall be final. If the decision of the City Manager is reversed by the governing body, the cost of the hearing shall be borne by the city and the bond or deposit refunded.
(Prior Code, § 9-50)