Whenever the Fire Chief or the City Manager shall disapprove an application or refuse to grant a permit applied for, or when it is claimed that the provisions of the Fire Prevention Code or the Life Safety Code do not apply or that the true intent and meaning of the code have been misconstrued or wrongly interpreted, the applicant may appeal from the decision of the City Manager to the City Council within thirty (30) days from the date of the decision appealed.
(Code 1991, § 13-106)