(a) An appeal may be taken to the Zoning Board of Appeals by any person, firm or corporation, or by an officer, department, board or bureau affected by a decision of the Building Official or Planning Commission when exercising its administrative role. Such appeal shall be taken within such time as shall be prescribed by the Zoning Board of Appeals by general rule, by filing with the Building Official and with the Zoning Board of Appeals a notice of appeal, specifying the grounds thereof. The Building Official shall transmit to the Zoning Board of Appeals all of the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken. A fee, as described in Section 1264.09, shall be paid to the City Clerk at the time the notice of appeal is filed. The notice of appeal shall specify the particular grounds upon which the appeal is based, and shall be signed. It shall also specify the requirements from which a variance is sought and the nature and extent of such variance.
(b) The Building Department or Clerk's Office shall follow the notice procedures under Section 1262.19.
(c) Notices are required for all variance requests, map and text interpretations, temporary uses, and general appeals to the Zoning Board of Appeals, including appeals on conditional uses and planned unit developments.
(d) Any person shall be accorded the right to appear in person or be represented by a duly authorized agent.
(e) The Zoning Board of Appeals shall prepare an official record of each appeal and shall base its decision on this record. The official record shall include:
(1) The relevant administrative records and the administrative orders issued thereon relating to the appeal.
(2) The notice of appeal.
(3) Such documents, exhibits, photographs, or written reports as may be submitted to the Zoning Board of Appeals for its consideration.
(f) The written findings of fact, the conditions attached, and the decisions and orders of the Zoning Board of Appeals in disposing of the appeal shall be entered into the official minutes. The official minutes of all business of the Zoning Board of Appeals shall be filed in the office of the Clerk.
(g) The Chairperson of the Zoning Board of Appeals may recess such hearings from time to time, and, if the time and place of the continued hearing be publicly announced at the time of adjournment of the Zoning Board of Appeals hearing, no further notice shall be required.
(h) A copy of the official minutes of an appeal shall be made available for the parties to the appeal upon request and after the payment of such fee therefor as may be provided by the rules and regulations of the Zoning Board of Appeals.
(Res. 2007-02. Passed 7-11-07; Ord. 2009-04. Passed 6-22-09.)