(A) No transcript required. In the event that the City Council determines that the appeal can be heard as a question of law alone, without the necessity of a transcript, the City Council shall enter an order to that effect stating the issue of law to be determined on appeal and setting a day certain for the hearing upon the appeal.
(B) Listening to recording. In the event that the City Council determines that the appeal should be heard by listening to the tapes of the proceedings before the Commission, it shall enter an order to that effect and direct a time within which the parties and all members of the City Council shall review or listen to the recording tapes and set a date certain for the hearing of the appeal. No City Council member may participate at the appeal hearing unless said City Council member certifies that he or she has listened to the recording tape.
(C) Written transcript.
(1) In the event that the City Council determines that a transcript is required for the processing of the appeal, the City Council shall enter an order to that effect and direct the appellant to pay to the City Clerk/Treasurer the estimated transcriber fees in the following manner:
(a) The appellant shall pay a per-page rate, to be established by resolution of the City Council, for the original copy of the transcript. The appellant shall pay the estimated cost of the transcript within five days of the City Council order, and shall pay the balance of the cost within five days of completion of the transcript; and
(b) A transcript may be prepared by any competent typist, but the transcript must be examined and certified by the person who took the transcription.
(2) Upon completion, the transcript shall be delivered to the City Council. The City Council shall mail or deliver a notice of the filing of the transcript to all parties, advising the parties that they may purchase a copy of the transcript at a per-page rate to be established by resolution of the City Council.
(3) The parties shall have 12 days from the date of the said notice to file any objections to the transcript. Upon failure of the parties to file any objections to the transcript, the transcript shall be deemed settled. Any objection made to the transcript shall be made at the appellate hearing.
(Prior Code, § 12-7-3) (Ord. 492, passed 7-14-1987)