§ 410. Duties of Administrative Officials, Board of Adjustment, City Council and Courts on Matters of Appeal.

It is the intent of this Ordinance that all questions of interpretation and enforcement shall be first presented to the administrative official, and that such questions shall be presented to the Board of Adjustment only on appeal from the decision of the administrative official, and that recourse from the decisions of the Board of Adjustment shall be to the courts as provided by law and particularly by Chapter 89 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri.

It is further the intent of this Ordinance that the duties of the City Council in connection with this Ordinance shall not include hearing and deciding questions of interpretation and enforcement that may arise. The procedure for deciding such questions shall be as stated in this section and this Zoning Ordinance. Under this Zoning Ordinance, the City Council shall have only the duty of initiating, considering and adopting or rejecting proposed amendments or the repeal of this Zoning Ordinance, as provided by law.