(1) Court of Appeals. The business council may by separate ordinance establish a court of appeal consistent with the provisions of this chapter. Until the business council adopts a separate ordinance establishing a court of appeal and providing for its scope of review, the decisions of the trial court shall be final and nonappealable.

(2) Jurisdiction. Upon the adoption of an ordinance, as described in subsection (1) of this section, the court of appeal shall have jurisdiction to review final orders, commitments, and judgments of the trial court; provided, that the “one final judgment” rule applies. An appeal will only lie from a judgment, order or decree that finally disposes of all claims and defenses in the case. On appeal, the record and decision of the trial court shall be reviewed for error. The court of appeals may affirm, modify, or reverse any judgment, decree, or order of the trial court; may remand the case and order for new trial; may direct the entry of an appropriate judgment, decree or order; or require such other action or further proceedings as may be just in the circumstance. A decision must be by a majority of the judges hearing the appeal.

(3) Right to Appeal. Any party who is aggrieved by the final order, commitment, or judgment of the trial court may appeal.

(4) Notice of Appeal. Within 30 days from the entry of the judgment or order appealed from, the aggrieved party must file a written notice of appeal with the trial court. No extension of the 30-day period shall be granted. Bond or assurance must be posted in the manner proscribed for posting bond in the trial court and any filing fee required by court rules must be paid in order for the filing of the notice to be effective.

(5) Bond. Upon filing the notice of appeal, the appellant must post bond, deposit cash, or give other assurance as will in the judgment of the trial court judge give adequate assurance of the performance of the judgment, or payment of the fine or judgment in the event the case appealed is affirmed. The trial court judge has discretion to waive bond, if it would be an undue hardship to the appellant and frustrate the interests of justice or is not required to assure performance of the judgment.

(6) Stay of Enforcement. In any case where a party has perfected his/her right to appeal in accordance with the rules set forth in this chapter, or the rules of court, the final order, commitment or judgment of the trial court shall be stayed pending the appeal.

(7) Appellate Procedure. Within 90 days of the date written notice of appeal is filed with the trial court, the court of appeal shall convene to hear the case on appeal at such place as may be designated. The court’s procedure shall be as provided in the rules of court developed and approved by the chief judge for that purpose.

(8) Finality. The decision of the court of appeal shall be final. The provision for disqualification of the chief judge contained in this chapter shall apply to appellate judges for purposes of this section. [Ord. 2009-06-03 § 3(9.5.070), 2009.]