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In the event that any person, firm or corporation who is either the legal or equitable owner of any property or the duly authorized agent of any legal or equitable owner of any property or the architect, engineer, contractor or builder in charge of and responsible for the performance of any work or operation, disagrees with or is aggrieved by any order or decision of the building commissioner in all cases which relate to any matter or thing pertaining to the issuance of building permits which is not specifically provided for in the building code, as defined in Chapter 1-4, Section 1-4-090(h), or which relates to any matter or thing concerning building permits which, by the provisions of said code, the building commissioner may either approve or disapprove or when there are practical difficulties in the way of carrying out the strict letter of the ordinance, so that the spirit of this ordinance pertaining to the issuance of building permits shall be observed and public safety secured and substantial justice done, such person, firm, or corporation shall have the right to appeal any such order or decision of the building commissioner pertaining to such building permits to the building board of appeals.
(Prior code § 41.2-2; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-89, p. 4604; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 2.9; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. II, § 1)