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PREFACE
Chapter C HOME RULE CHARTER
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 5 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Chapter 14 AUTHORITIES
Chapter 23 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND COUNCILS
Chapter 36 FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES
Chapter 51 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
Chapter 62 PENSIONS
Chapter 70 PERSONNEL
Chapter 77 POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chapter 91 SALARIES AND COMPENSATION
Chapter 120 ALARM SYSTEMS
Chapter 127 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 141 ANIMALS
Chapter 166 CABLE TELEVISION
Chapter 173 COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY CODE
Chapter 180 CONSTRUCTION CODES
Chapter 185 CONVERSION THERAPY
Chapter 188 CURFEW
Chapter 201 ELECTRIC SERVICE
Chapter 212 FEES
Chapter 219 FIREARMS
Chapter 225 FIREWORKS
Chapter 231 FIRE INSURANCE PROCEEDS
Chapter 237 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
Chapter 251 FOOD CODE
Chapter 272 GRAFFITI
Chapter 288 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 295 HISTORICAL AND CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
Chapter 302 HOUSE NUMBERING
Chapter 308 HOUSING
Chapter 317 INVASIVE PLANTS AND NOXIOUS WEEDS
Chapter 325 LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 328 LEAD POISONING PREVENTION
Chapter 332 LIBRARY
Chapter 339 LICENSES AND PERMITS
Chapter 346 LITTER AND ADVERTISING MATERIAL
Chapter 353 LOITERING AND PANHANDLING
Chapter 364 MASSAGE THERAPISTS
Chapter 378 MUNICIPAL CLAIMS AND LIENS
Chapter 387 NOISE
Chapter 396 PARKS AND RECREATION
Chapter 403 PAWNBROKERS
Chapter 410 PEDDLING AND SOLICITING
Chapter 424 POLES
Chapter 431 PROPERTY SALES
Chapter 433 PUBLIC ART
Chapter 438 RAIN BARRELS
Chapter 442 RECORDS, PUBLIC ACCESS
Chapter 453 SALES
Chapter 460 SCRAP METAL DEALERS
Chapter 467 SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Chapter 473 SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
Chapter 479 SIDEWALK CAFES
Chapter 485 SIGNS
Chapter 496 SOLID WASTE
Chapter 502 STORAGE FACILITIES
Chapter 505 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Chapter 508 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter 515 SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 521 SUSTAINABILITY
Chapter 536 TAMPERING WITH PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter 540 TATTOO AND PIERCING ESTABLISHMENTS
Chapter 543 TAX ABATEMENTS
Chapter 546 TAX AMNESTY PROGRAM
Chapter 549 TAXATION
Chapter 555 TREES
Chapter 564 VEHICLE NUISANCES, STORAGE OF
Chapter 570 VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS
Chapter 576 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 583 VENDING MACHINES
Chapter 600 ZONING
Chapter A610 ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY
Chapter A611 BOND ISSUES AND LOANS
Chapter A612 FRANCHISE AND SERVICES
Chapter A613 GOVERNMENTAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Chapter A614 PLAN APPROVAL
Chapter A615 PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter A616 SEWERS
Chapter A617 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter A618 WATER
Chapter A619 ZONING; PRIOR ORDINANCES
Chapter DT DERIVATION TABLE
Chapter DL DISPOSITION LIST
§ 70-801. Appeal procedure.
Any employee who has filed a complaint and has either received a denial of the complaint and/or no action with respect to the complaint within 20 days after the filing of such written complaint with the Human Resources Department shall have the right to appeal such denial and/or nonaction as follows:
   A.   The employee shall file with the Human Resources Department an appeal stating that the appeal was denied and/or no action was taken, the appeal shall provide the date upon which the original complaint was filed and the date the action or nonaction was taken by the Human Resources Department.
   B.   The appeal shall contain the basis upon which the employee feels his or her complaint is justified, including any exhibits and/or other evidence which the employee deems relevant to sustaining the allegations contained in his or her complaint.
   C.   The Human Resources Director, together with the employee’s department head, shall promptly upon receipt review the appeal and within a reasonable time after the filing of such appeal, but no longer than 10 days thereafter, set a date for hearing the appeal of the employee before the Human Resources Director and the department head, which date shall be not more than 30 days after the date of filing the appeal. The Human Resources Director and department head shall, following the hearing held with the employee, render a decision within 10 days of such hearing date and provide employee with written notice of their decision with respect to the appeal. In the event the employee is not satisfied with the decision of the Human Resources Director and the department head, the employee shall have the further right to within 10 days of the receipt of the denial of such employee’s appeal, appeal to the Managing Director in writing. The Managing Director shall meet with the employee within 20 days of the filing of such written appeal and at a date set by the Managing Director. Following the meeting with the employee with the Managing Director, the Managing Director shall render his decision within 10 days of such hearing and the decision of the Managing Director shall be final with respect to the employee’s complaint.
   D.   An employee who has filed a complaint shall have no right to have legal counsel present at the initial appeal meeting before the department head and the Human Resources Director. The employee shall have the right to have legal counsel or another representative present at the appeal before the Managing Director if the Managing Director, upon request, so permits.