No suit of any nature whatsoever shall be instituted or maintained against the city unless the plaintiff(s) therein shall ever prove that, prior to the filing of the original petition, the plaintiff(s) complied with the notification requirements set forth herein and did thereby request from the City Council the redress, satisfaction, compensation or relief demanded in the suit, and that the same was by vote of the City Council refused.
(Ord. 990810, passed 8-10-1999)