Legal Documents of Maryville

Appeal or review of a civil penalty or damage assessment under this section may be made to the City Council of the City of Maryville by any person incurring a damage assessment or civil penalty. Such review shall be requested within thirty (30) days after the damage assessment or civil penalty is served by filing a written notice of appeal with the city manager's office. If a petition for review of such damage assessment or civil penalty is not filed within thirty (30) days after the damage assessment or civil penalty is served in any manner authorized by law, the violator shall be deemed to have consented to the damage assessment or civil penalty and it shall become final. The alleged violator may appeal a decision of the city council, pursuant to the provisions of state law found in Tennessee Code Annotated, title 27, chapter 8. Upon receipt of an appeal, the city council shall hold a public hearing within sixty (60) days or a later date mutually agreed up on by both parties. Ten (10) days' prior, notice of the time, date and location of said hearing shall be published in the Maryville-Alcoa Daily Times or its equivalent local paper. Ten (10) days' notice shall be provided to the aggrieved party at the address provide at the time of the appeal. (1999 Code, § 19-737)