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53. 53.01. 53.02. 54. City of Centerville Ordinance #8 Effective 12/16/82 fee is payable at the time of filing and is not refundable. APPEALS. The City Council shall have the power and duty of hearing and deciding appeals where it is alleged that there is an error in any order, requirement, decision or determination made in the administration or enforcement of this Ordinance. PROCEDURE. An appeal for administrative review may be taken to the Council by any person, firm or corporation or any City officer, department or agency affected by an adverse decision in the administration or enforcement of this Ordinance. Such an appeal shall be taken by filing a Notice of Appeal specifying the grounds there of with the City Clerk and the Council within thirty (30) days after the decision. If the appeal is not taken by the owner of the property which is the subject matter of the decision appealed from, the notice shall not be so filed until after it has been served upon such owner either in person or by mail. The City Clerk shall forthwith transmit to the Council all papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken. An appeal for an administrative review stays all proceedings, in furtherance of the action appealed from unless the administrator certifies to the Council that by reason of facts stated in the certificate, a stay would in his opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property. In that case, the proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order granted by a Court of competent jurisdiction. The Council shall at its regular meeting after the filing of an appeal to it from a decision set a date for hearing thereon, which shall be not later than (sixty (60) days after the meeting. After hearing the oral or written views of all interested persons, the Council shall make its decision at the same meeting or at a specified future meeting thereof. The decision of the Council may be appealed to the County District Court. FEES. There shall be no fee charged for appeals. PENALTY. The penalty for violation of this Ordinance shall be defined in Ordinance No. 19. ARTICLE 6 - DEFINITIONS For the purpose of this Ordinance, certain works and terms are hereby defined as follows: 61.01. 61.02. 61.03. ALLEY: A public right-of way which affords a secondary means of access to abutting property. BLOCK: A tract of land bounded by streets or a combination of streets, parks, cemeteries, railroad rights-of-way, shorelines, waterways or corporation boundary line ofthe City. BOUNDARY LINES: The line also indicating the bounds of limits of any Page 30 of34