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B. Any person whose application for a City business tax receipt has been rejected by the Director of Cede En f f^^ment Development Services or his their designee may appeal the decision by filing a written appeal with the City Manager within 10 days of the decision. The City Manager or his designee shall schedule a hearing before a Special Master Magistrate within 30 days from the date of the filing of the appeal. New information and material may be received and considered by the Special Master Magistrate where such information and material are pertinent to the determination of the appeal, and the Special Master Magistrate shall have the authority to override the decision of the Director of Code En f r^^m^n* Development Services or his their designee. Any applicant whose appeal has been rejected by the Special Master- Magistrate aster Ma istg rate may appeal the decision to the Circuit Court as authorized by law. No applicant aggrieved by the decision of the Cede a*d hies nforeement Offieial Director of Development Services may apply to the Circuit Court for relief unless the applicant has first exhausted the remedies provided for herein and taken all the steps provided in the City's Code of Ordinances. C. At the hearing before the Special Master Magistrate, the City Attorney shall represent the Special Master Magistrate and the representative for the City, whether it be the Code and T ieensing Enfefeement nfreia Development Services Director, or his their designee, and shall not act as the legal advocate at a trial in which she/he is likely to be a necessary witness on behalf of the City unless the testimony relates solely to a matter of formality and there is no reason to believe that substantial evidence will be offered in opposition to the testimony. § 197-14. - Renewal of receipt. A. Any current local business tax receipt may be renewed for each new license year by the City T ieense Offs Development Services Director or their designee without prior approval of any other departments, provided the applicant signs the following certification: Section 22. Amendment to Chapter 208 of the City Code. Chapter 208 of the City Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Chapter 208 - PROPERTY, ABANDONED OR LOST § 208-3. - Impounding of abandoned or lost property. B. Charges to be paid before property released from impoundment. No abandoned or lost property retained in an impoundment area as herein provided shall be released therefrom until the charges for notice, transportation of such property into the impoundment area, and storage charges have been paid. Such charges shall be fixed by the Code Complianee D�Visien of the Zoning, Planning and Building Development Services Department, such charges to be based upon a computation of all actual expenses entered into in the notice, removal and storage of same. Such charge or charges shall be posted for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk. 23