The Board of Zoning Appeals shall have the following powers and it shall be its duty to:
(A) Determine appeals from and review any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrator or official charged with the enforcement of any zoning ordinance or regulation or any ordinance requiring the procurement of an improvement location or occupancy permit adopted pursuant to the provisions of any state statute applicable.
(1) The appeal shall specify the ground thereof and shall be filed within such time and in such form as may be prescribed by the Board under its general rules.
(2) The administrative official for whom the appeal is taken, shall upon request of the Board of Zoning Appeals, transmit to it all documents, plans, and papers or certified copies thereof constituting the record of the action for which an appeal is taken.
(B) Decide special exceptions to the terms of any zoning ordinance adopted pursuant to the provisions of the enabling acts of the state legislature under which this Board of Zoning Appeals was created where any such ordinance authorized the Board to permit exceptions.
(C) Grant or deny variances of use, height, bulk, and area from the terms of any zoning ordinance adopted pursuant to any state statute applicable to the Board.
(D) In exercising its powers, the Board may reverse or confirm wholly or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from as in its opinion ought to be done to premises and to that end, shall have all of the powers of the officer or board for whom the appeal is taken.
(E) Hear and determine appeals in the manner prescribed in Indiana Acts of 1981, P.L. 309, § 23, as amended.
('67 Code, § 32.11) (Ord. 5-1991, passed 8-19-91)