(A) Who may file. An appeal may be taken from the Enforcement Officer charged with the enforcement of the Zoning Code by a person aggrieved, or by an officer, department, board or bureau of the city affected by a decision of the Enforcement Officer. The appeal shall be taken within the time as shall be prescribed by the Commission by general rule, by filing, with the Enforcement Officer from whom the appeal is taken and with the Executive Secretary of the Commission, a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The Enforcement Officer from whom the appeal is taken shall forthwith transmit to the Commission all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken.
(B) Stay of proceedings. An appeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from unless the officer from whom the appeal is taken certifies to the Commission, after the notice of appeal has been filed with him or her, that by reason of facts stated in the certificate, a stay would, in his or her opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property, in which case the proceedings shall not be stayed other than by a restraining order, which may be granted by the Commission or by a court of record on application, on notice to the Officer from whom the appeal is taken and on due cause shown.
(C) Time and place of hearing. The Commission shall select a reasonable time and place for hearing the appeal, shall give due notice thereof to the parties as required by statute and shall render a decision on the appeal without unreasonable delay. An aggrieved person may appear and testify at the hearing, either in person or by his or her duly authorized agent or attorney.
(D) Decisions subject to review. All final administrative decisions of the Commission shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the Illinois Administrative Review Act, ILCS Ch. 735, Act 5, §§ 3-101, et seq., and all amendments and modifications thereof, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto. As used in this division, ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION shall be as defined in § 1 of the Administrative Review Act of the state.
(Ord. 17-34, passed 9-12-2017)