A. The decision of the commission shall be final unless an appeal to the council is filed within fifteen days of the date of the commission's decision. Such an appeal may be initiated by the applicant or an interested party owning property within three hundred feet of the external boundaries of the subject property.
B. The council, upon receipt of an appeal, if it finds that the facts stated by the applicant in his written notice of appeal do not warrant a further hearing, shall affirm the action of the commission and deny the appeal.
C. The council, upon determining that an appeal is for good cause warranted, shall enter such decision upon the minutes and set the matter for a public hearing. Notices shall be given as provided in Section 20.84.060.
D. The council shall, not less than ten nor more than forty days after legal notice of a public hearing on a variance application, hold the public hearing. The appellant shall present at the hearing information and data to indicate the manner in which the commission erred in its decision. The council decision shall be final unless appealed of competent jurisdiction within fifteen days.
(Prior code § 19.84.040 (Ord. 557 § 407(C), 1964))