Any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the administrator in any matter related to the interpretation or enforcement of any provision of this chapter may appeal to the city council.

    A.    Filing, Stay or Further Proceedings. Every appeal shall be made within forty-five (45) days of the matter complained of by filing with the administrator a written notice specifying the grounds for appeal. Thereupon, the administrator shall promptly transmit all pertinent records to the street graphics advisory committee.

    An appeal stays all further action on the matter being appealed unless the administrator certifies to the city council, after the notice of appeal has been filed with the administrator, that for reasons stated in the certificate, a stay would cause imminent peril to life or property. In such case, further action shall not be stayed unless the city council grants a stay or the Circuit Court grants a restraining order and so notifies the administrator.

    The fee to be paid to the city clerk for an appeal under this chapter shall be as set by city ordinance from time to time.

    B.    Public Hearing--Notice. The street graphics advisory committee shall hold a public hearing on every appeal within sixty (60) days after the filing of the appeal notice. At the hearing, any interested party may appear and testify, either in person or by duly authorized agent or attorney. Notice indicating the time, date, and place of hearing, and briefly describing the issue to be decided shall be given not more than thirty (30) nor less than fifteen (15) days before the hearing by:

    1.    First class mail to all parties the committee finds would be directly affected by the appeal; and

    2.    Publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the city.

    C.    Advisory Report--Decision by City Council. Within ten days after the public hearing, the street graphics advisory committee shall submit their advisory report and all pertinent records to the city council. If the street graphics advisory committee fails to file its advisory report with the city council within ten days after the public hearing or seventy (70) days after receipt of the records from the administrator, whichever is less, it shall be deemed that the committee has approved the action or decision of the administrator. The city council shall render a decision on the appeal at their next regularly scheduled meeting following the receipt of the street graphics advisory committee report or the lapse of the time allowed for the filing of the same with the city council. By simple majority vote of a quorum of all members of the city council then holding office, the city council may reverse or affirm, in whole or in part, or modify or amend the decision or order of the administrator appealed from to the extent and in the manner the city council deems appropriate. (Amended during 1997 codification: Ord. 892 § 6-2, 1991)