The granting with or without conditions or the denial of any application for variance or the denial of an application for change of land use made under the provisions of Chapters 21.16, 21.68 and 21.72 shall be final, unless within ten days after the board of adjustment or the planning commission has notified the mayor and city council in writing of its respective decision or recommendation the applicant or any property owner, within three hundred feet of the exterior boundaries of the property sought varianced or changed and who appeared before the board or the commission, shall appeal to the mayor and city council by presenting such appeal in writing to the city clerk setting forth therein appellant's reason as to why such decision by the board or commission was in error.

(Prior code §24-37).

At the next regular meeting after the filing of the appeal as provided in Section 21.76.010, the city council shall set a date for public hearing, not less than fifteen days nor more than forty days thereafter. The city council shall give due notice of such hearing in the manner provided in Section 21.68.040. The mayor and city council shall hear all persons interested and may sustain the action of the board or planning commission by a majority vote or may reverse or modify such action by a two-thirds' vote.

(Prior code §24-38).