155.28   APPEAL.
The applicant, adjacent property owner, or any officer, department, board or bureau of the City affected by any decision, interpretation, or order made by the City Building Inspector regarding enforcement of this chapter may appeal to the Council within ten (10) days from the date of the issuance of the decision by filing with the Clerk a notice of appeal specifying the grounds for the appeal. The Clerk shall advise the City Building Inspector, who shall transmit to the Council all papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from is taken. An appeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from except for unsafe signs which present an immediate danger to the public and the provisions elsewhere provided for in this chapter shall be applicable. Prior to the time of a public hearing by the Council on an appeal, the City’s Planning and Zoning Commission shall review the appeal and make a recommendation on same to the Council for consideration at the public hearing. The Council shall, upon the filing of an appeal, fix a reasonable time for a hearing on same, giving public notice thereof as well as due notice to the parties in interest. All interested persons may offer oral or written testimony at the public hearing on the appeal and every variation and exception granted or denied by the Council shall be written testimony or evidence submitted in connection therewith. The Council may vote by majority to affirm, modify, or reverse the order, requirement, decision or determination of the City Building Inspector. Any person, department, board or bureau of the City jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision of the Council may, within thirty (30) days from date of the filing of the decision by the Council, appeal therefrom to the district court for Woodbury County.