Whenever the City Clerk denies or refuses to issue a license or revokes any license, he shall make and enter an order to that effect and shall cause a copy of such order to be served in person or by certified mail, return receipt requested, on the applicant or person licensed by him, as the case may be. The order shall be accompanied by findings of fact and conclusions of law upon which the order was made and entered. Any person adversely affected by an order made and entered by the City Clerk is entitled to judicial review thereof. The judicial review shall be in the Circuit Court for Wood County. The judgment of the Circuit Court shall be final unless reversed, vacated or modified on appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. Legal counsel and services for the City Clerk in appeal proceedings in the Circuit Court and the Supreme Court of Appeals shall be provided by the City Attorney or his assistants, all without additional compensation. The City Clerk, with the written approval of Council, may employ special counsel to represent the City Clerk in a particular proceeding.
(WVaC 47-11B-8; Ord. A-2153 Passed 12-8-70.)