1194.10 APPEALS.

   (a)    Any person desiring to use property in any manner in conflict with the provisions set forth in this Chapter may apply to the Airport Zoning Board of Appeals for a variance from the zoning regulations in question. The Board of Appeals may subject any variance to any reasonable conditions that they deem necessary.

   (b)    Any person aggrieved by any decision of the Governing Jurisdiction made in its administration of the provisions set forth in this Chapter may appeal to the Airport Zoning Board of Appeals authorized to hear and decide appeals from the decisions of such administrative agency, as follows:

      (1)    All appeals shall be filed with the Butler County Department of Development within twenty (20) days after receiving written refusal of Zoning Certificate from the Airport Zoning Inspector, and shall specify the grounds of such appeal. Subsequently, after an appeal is filed with the Butler County Development Director and with the Airport Zoning Board of Appeals, the Development Department shall transmit to the Airport Zoning Board of Appeals all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken.

      (2)    An appeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from unless the Butler County Development Department certifies to the Airport Zoning Board of Appeals that a stay would cause imminent peril to life or property.

      (3)    The Airport Zoning Board of Appeals shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of appeals, give public notice and due notice to the parties in interest, and decide the same within a reasonable time.

      (4)    The Airport Zoning Board of Appeals may reverse, affirm wholly or partly, or modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from.

   (c)    Any person aggrieved, or any taxpayer, or any legislative authority, or any Airport Zoning Board affected by any order of the Airport Zoning Board of Appeals may appeal within thirty (30) days to the court of common pleas of Butler County, and upon appeal thereof a trial de novo shall be had.

(Ord. 169-00. Passed 11-13-00.)