Any person feeling aggrieved by the decision of the City Clerk in refusing to issue any license provided for in Chapter One of this Business and Taxation Code, in the amount of the fee assessed therefor or in any other respect, may, within thirty days from the date of such decision, file a written petition with Council to review such decision. Council shall review the decision of the City Clerk and in its discretion affirm, reverse or alter the same in any respect, and by written notice direct to the City Clerk to issue or revoke the certificate of license, or alter any of the conditions or terms of its issuance to conform to the findings of Council. Council, in reviewing such decision, may administer oaths, take a testimony, require the attendance of any witnesses having knowledge of the matter in controversy, and examine any pertinent books, papers, records, memoranda or equipment of the petitioner.
(1947 Code §17.20)