Any person excepting to any denial, suspension or revocation of a permit applied for or held by him pursuant to the provisions of this title or to any action taken by any official of the city concerning such permit, or order to remove or alter a sign, may appeal in writing to the city council, by filing with the city clerk a written notice of such appeal, setting forth specific grounds thereof. Such notice must be filed within ten days after the mailing of written notice of such action appealed from. The city clerk shall forthwith set such matter for hearing before the city council and cause notice thereof to be given to the applicant not less than ten days prior to such hearing. At the hearing the appellant shall show cause why the action excepted to should not be approved. The council may continue the hearing from time to time, but shall decide the appeal not later than sixty days from the date the city clerk received the appeal. If a decision is not reached within sixty days, the appeal shall be deemed to have been denied. (Ord. 89-3 (part), 1989)