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e e of the published notice, as applicable. The appeal shall be in the form of a letter addressed to the City Secretary stating that an appeal from the decision of the committee is desired. The City Secretary shall notify the City Council of such appeal, and the Council, as soon as practicable, after receiving said notice of appeal together with the findings of the committee, shall grant or deny, in open session, such application for a hearing. If a hearing is granted, the City Council shall sustain, modify or reverse the findings made by the committee and shall so notify the City Secretary of its findings. The findings of the City Council shall be final. If no appeal is made to the City Council from the committee's decision within ten (10) days, as indicated above, then such decision shall become final. Sec. 6-11. Fee for Auto Wrecker Permits. The permit fee to operate an "auto wrecker" or "auto wreckers" shall be FIFTY DOLLARS ($50.00) per year for each "auto wrecker" which the owner is licensed to operate. All permits shall expire on the thirty-first day of December of each year and shall then be renewed until the 'next succeedin~J thirty-first day of December. If a permit is granted subsequent to the first day of January in any permit year, the fee shall be paid pro rata for the balance of the year, and any portion of a month shall be considered an entire month in calculating the fee to be charged. Sec. 6-12. Issuance of Auto Wrecker Permits. After the owner has filed his application for an auto wrecker permit, a hearing has been held, applicant has been approved by the Committee, the applicant has filed the required insurance, the auto wrecker to be licensed has been presented to the Police Department for an inspection, the auto wrecker has passed said inspection, a Certificate of Passage of Inspection has been presented by the Police Department to the Chief Building Official, and the City Secretary and City Attorney have examined same and found them to be in compliance with the terms of this chapter, the City Secretary shall issue to the owner a permit to operate an auto wrecl<er in the city upon the public streets, which permit shall bear upon its face the make, model, motor number, permit number and the license number of the auto wrecker. Said permits shall be issued by the City Secretary upon authorization of the Committee to be attached to the auto wrecker, said permits to be attached to the front windshield of the auto wrecker, placed immediately above the inspection sticker that has been issued by the State of Texas for said auto wrecker. These permits are and shall always remain the property of the City of La Porte. In the event of suspension or revocation of a permit or permits, for any cause, it shall be unlawful for the owner of said permits to retain such permit, and he shall cause said permit to be destroyed or surrendered to the City Secretary of the City of La Porte immediately upon notification or such suspension or revocation, as is feasible. 9