(A) An appeal from any decision of the Code Enforcement Official may be taken by any person aggrieved thereby to the Board of Adjustment. Any appeal from the Code Enforcement Official must be taken within ten days after the rendering of the decision or service of the order by filing with the Code Enforcement Official and with the Appeals Board a notice of appeal which shall specify the grounds upon which the appeal is based. Upon the filing of any notice of appeal, the Code Enforcement Official shall forthwith transmit to the Board of Adjustment all the papers constituting the record upon which the decision appealed from was made. When an appeal is from a decision of the Code Enforcement Official refusing to allow the person aggrieved thereby to do any act, the Code Enforcement Official’s decision shall remain in force until modified or reversed. When an appeal is from a decision of the Code Enforcement Official requiring the person aggrieved to do any act, the appeal shall have the effect of suspending the requirement until the hearing of the Board unless the Code Enforcement Official certifies to the Board, after the notice of appeal is made, that, by reason of the fact stated in the certificate, a copy of which shall be furnished to the appellant and other parties in interest, a suspension of this requirement would cause imminent peril to life or property. When the Code Enforcement Official issues such a certificate, the requirement shall not be suspended, except by a restraining order which may be granted for due cause shown upon not less than one day’s written notice to the Code Enforcement Official by the board or by a court of record upon petition made pursuant to G.S. § 160A-446(c) and division (C) of this section. The Board shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of all appeals and cross appeals, shall give due notices to all parties in interest and shall render its decision within a reasonable time. Any party may appear in person or by agent or attorney and present evidence. The Board may reverse, affirm, wholly or partly, or modify the decision or order appealed from and may make such decision and order as in its opinion ought to be made in the matter.
(B) Every decision of the board shall be subject to review by proceedings in the nature of certiorari instituted within 15 days of the service of the decision of the Board on the person who filed the appeal.
(C) Any person aggrieved by an order issued by the Code Enforcement Official or a decision rendered by the Board shall have the right, within 30 days after issuance of the order or rendering of the decision, to petition the superior court for a temporary injunction restraining the Code Enforcement Official pending a final disposition of the cause, as provided by state statute.