§ 2.08.051. Appeals.

An appeal seeking city council review of a final, non-recommending determination by a board, committee, commission, or department subordinate to the city council, unless different provisions are otherwise specifically made in this code, shall be made and processed in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(a)

Filing of appeal. To be sufficient for filing, the written appeal must be delivered to the city clerk, together with the required fee, established by city council resolution, within ten working days following the determination for which a review is sought. Further, the appeal must be legible and set forth:

(1)

The applicant's full name, address, and phone number;

(2)

The board, commission, committee or department which rendered the final determination;

(3)

The date of the determination;

(4)

The determination for which review is sought;

(5)

The appellant's interest in the appealed determination; and

(6)

Each issue which the appellant alleges was wrongly determined together with every argument and a copy of every item of evidence submitted by the appellant to the subordinate entity on such issue.

(b)

An insufficient appeal shall be returned to the appellant.

(c)

If the appeal is sufficient, the city clerk shall set the matter for initial consideration by the city council at the next available city council meeting and shall notify the appropriate city department to prepare a city response.

(Ord. 2559 § 1; April 24, 1990)