(A) Pursuant to § 14 of the Act, the city hereby establishes a Construction Code Board of Appeals by contracting with Cascade Charter Township for the use of Cascade’s Construction Board of Appeals.
(B) If the building official refuses to grant an application for a building permit, or makes any other decision pursuant or related to the Act or the Construction Code, an interested person, or the person’s authorized agent, may appeal in writing to the Board of Appeals. An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that the true intent of the Construction Code or the rules governing construction have been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of the Construction Code do not fully apply or an equally good or better form of construction is proposed.
(C) When an appeal is made, notice of the hearing before the Board of Appeals shall be given according to applicable state or local law. The Board of Appeals shall hear the appeal and render and file its decision with a statement of reasons for the decision with the enforcing agency from whom the appeal was taken not more than 30 days after submission of the appeal. Failure by the Board of Appeals to hear an appeal and file a decision within the time limit is a denial of the appeal for purposes of authorizing the institution of an appeal to the State Construction Code Commission. A copy of the decision and statement of the reasons for the decision shall be delivered or mailed, before filing, to the party taking the appeal.
(Ord. effective 10-12-2018)