(a) If an Inspection Official refuses to grant an application for a building permit, or if the Inspection Official makes any other decision pursuant or related to the Act or the Code, an interested person or the person's authorized agent may appeal in writing to the Inspections Division, to the attention of the Board of Appeals.
(b) The Board of Appeals shall hear the appeal and render and file its decision with a statement of reasons for the decision with the Inspections Division from whom the appeal was taken not more than thirty days after submission of the appeal.
(c) Failure by the Board of Appeals to hear an appeal and file a decision within the time limit is a denial of the appeal for purposes of authorizing the institution of an appeal to the Commission.
(d) A copy of the decision and statement of the reasons for the decision shall be delivered or mailed, before filing, to the party taking the appeal.
(e) The Board of Appeals shall affirm, modify or reverse the decision of the inspection official by a concurring vote of three members.
(f) The business which the Board of Appeals may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the Board of Appeals held in compliance with the Open Meetings Act, 1976 PA 267, as amended. Public notice of the time, date and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by the Open Meetings Act, 1976 PA 267, as amended.
(g) A record of decisions made by the Board of Appeals, properly indexed, and any other writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the Board of Appeals in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act, 1976 PA 442, as amended.
(h) Except as otherwise provided by the Act, or by other laws or ordinances, the Board of Appeals may by rules establish its own procedures.
(Ord. 09-07. Passed 6-5-07; Ord. 05-2023. Passed 5-16-23.)