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<br />Commission shall hold at least one public hearing thereon after a notice of the hearing has been <br />published in the official newspaper at least ten days before the hearing. Following the hearing, the <br />Planning and Zoning Commission shall make a report of its findings and unless the amendment has <br />been initiated by the Commission, and Commission determines not to recommend it to the Council, it <br />shall file a copy with the Administrator within 14 days of the meeting at which the date of the hearing <br />was concluded. When the amendment to the Commission. Failure of the Planning Commission so to <br />report on an amendment not initiated by it, is deemed to be approval by the Commission of the <br />amendment. <br /> <br />(D) Council action. Upon the filing of the report, or upon the failure of the Planning Commission <br />to file a report within the time prescribed by this section on an amendment proposed by petition or by <br />the Council, the City Council shall hold public hearings as it deems advisable. After the conclusion of <br />the hearings, if any, the Council shall act upon the request within 45 days to adopt the amendment or <br />any part thereof in any form as it deems advisable. <br /> <br />(E) Fee. Any person filing a petition requesting an amendment to this chapter shall pay a fee <br />according to the schedule established by the City Council. The fee is payable at the time of filing and <br />is not refundable. <br /> <br />~ 153.72 APPEALS. <br /> <br />The City Council shall have the power and duty of hearing and deciding appeals where it is alleged <br />that there is an error in any order, requirement, decision or determination made in the administration or <br />enforcement of this chapter. <br /> <br />(A) Procedure. An appeal for administrative review may be taken to the Council by any person, <br />firm or corporation or any city officer, department or agency affected by an adverse decision in the <br />administration or enforcement of this chapter. An appeal shall be taken by filing a notice of appeal <br />specifying the grounds thereof with the Administrator and the Council within 30 days after the <br />decision. If the appeal is not taken by the owner of the property which is the subject matter of the <br />decision appealed from, the notice shall not be so filed until after it has been served upon the owner <br />either in person or by mail. The Administrator shall forthwith transmit to the Council all papers <br />constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken. An appeal for an <br />administrative review stays all proceedings, in furtherance of the action appealed from unless the <br />Administrator certifies to the Council that, by reason of facts stated in the certificate, a stay would in <br />his or her opinion cause imminent peril to life or property. In that case, the proceedings shall not be <br />stayed otherwise than by a restraining order granted by a court of competent jurisdiction. The Council <br />shall at its regular meeting after the filing of an appeal to it from a decision set a date for hearing <br />thereon, which shall be not later than 60 days after the meeting. After hearing the oral or written views <br />of all interested persons, the Council shall make its decision at the same meeting or at a specified future <br />meeting thereof. The decision of the Council may be appealed to the County District Court. <br /> <br />(8) Fees. There shall be no fee charged for appeals. <br /> <br />35 <br />