2.18.020 Definitions.
A. As used in this chapter:
1. “Administrative body” shall mean the city council or any board, commission or official of the city.
2. “Clerk” shall mean the finance director or the secretary or recording clerk of any board or commission or other appropriate person.
3. “Applicant” or “application” shall mean the petitioner, appealing party or complainant.
4. “Opponent” shall mean any person in interest opposing the applicant.
5. “Interested party” shall mean any person having a direct and substantial interest in the outcome of an administrative act, or any person having a right of appeal therefrom by virtue of any state statute, charter provision, or ordinance.
6. “Moving party” shall mean the party upon whom falls the burden of proving the issue before the administrative body. In disciplinary matters before the civil service commission, the moving party shall be the department head from whose order the matter is appealed. In matters concerning the revocation or suspension of licenses, the moving party shall be the enforcement officer or the city.
B. Department heads or authorized officials or employees of the city may be an applicant, an opponent or an interested party, as the case may be.