No suit of any nature whatsoever shall be instituted or maintained against the city unless the plaintiff therein shall aver and prove that previous to the filing of the original petition the plaintiff applied to the City Council for redress, satisfaction, compensation or relief as the case may be, and that the same was by vote of the City Council refused.
(1995 Code, § 1.302) (Ord. 81, passed 7-22-1986)