(A) Board of Appeals. The Planning Commission is the appeal board for this subchapter.
(B) Request. Any person affected by any notice or order issued related to the enforcement of any provisions of this subchapter may request and be granted a hearing on the matter before the Planning Commission on any grounds the affected person see fit, provided that such person must file in the office of the Building Code Official a written petition requesting such hearing and stating the name and address of the petitioner and a brief statement of the grounds for such hearing or for the mitigation of any item appearing on any order issued under the provisions of this subchapter.
(C) Petition. Petition shall be filed within 14 days after the day the notice or order is served. Upon receipt of such a petition, the Planning Commission will set a time and place for a hearing and will give the petitioner written notice. At the hearing, the petitioner may show cause why any item appearing on such notice or order should be modified or withdrawn. The failure of the petitioner or his/her representative to appear and state his or her case at such hearing will nullify the petition.
(D) Disposition. After a hearing, the Planning Commission may sustain, modify or withdraw any item appearing on the notice or order by majority vote, and will notify the petitioner and the Building Code Official in writing of its findings.
(E) Record. The proceedings at such hearings, including the finding, reasons and decision of the Housing Appeals Board, will be summarized, reduced to writing, and entered as a matter of public record in the office of the Building Code Official. The record will include a copy of every notice or order issued in connection with the matter.
(Ord. 1271-13, passed 7-1-2013)