The city clerk shall fix the time and place of the hearing before the city council at a date no more than thirty days after receipt of the letter of appeal. The city clerk shall give the appealing party and any other persons requesting the same at least five days’ notice of the time and place of such hearing. The notice shall be substantially in the following form, but may not include other information:

"YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a hearing will be held at ____________________, at the hour of ________________________, at which time you may show cause why the appeal you have filed should be sustained." (Ord. 1813 NCS § 1 (part), 1990.)