(A) In the event that the Police Department shall deny the application for a solicitation permit or suspend or revoke a permit and/or license, then the party who has been denied a permit and/or had the permit and/or license suspended or revoked, shall have the opportunity to appeal the denial and/or suspension and/or revocation for reconsideration back to and by the City Council. Any such appeal must be written and filed with the Police Department within 21 days after the date of the denial of application or suspension or revocation of the permit and/or license by the city, and shall contain a specific request for an appeal hearing and reconsideration by the City Council.
(B) If a hearing is requested, the City Council shall schedule a hearing to be held within 30 days of receipt of the written appeal. The appealing party shall have the right to file additional documents, amend the written appeal, and to appear at such hearing in person, or by attorney, or otherwise to examine and cross-examine witnesses.
(C) The City Council shall not be bound by the rules of evidence prevailing in the courts of law but shall in ascertaining the conditions and practices involved in the decision appealed, take into account all reliable, probative and substantial evidence produced at the hearing relating to the denial of the application and/or revocation of the permit and/or license.
(D) The appealing party may supply, at its own cost, a court reporter.
(E) The written decision of the City Council shall be made and shall be made available to the appealing party within 10 days after the hearing on the appeal is concluded.
(F) Additionally, the denial of any such appeal by the City Council shall be subject to further appeal to the Circuit Court of LaSalle County pursuant to procedures had and made in reference to appeals of decisions of administrative bodies in connection with administrative review, with it further being provided that any such appeal must be filed within 35 days of notice of the denial of the appeal.
(G) The Police Department as the issuing agency in reference to any license of a solicitation permit under these sections of this subchapter may also use the assistance of the Office of the City Clerk of the City of LaSalle, and the Comptroller of the City of LaSalle in reference to the processing of the application by the City of LaSalle Police Department as the issuing agency in reference to the license.
(Ord. 1658, passed 3-22-1999; Am. Ord. 2287, passed 7-25-2011; Am. Ord. 2358, passed 7-17-2012)