An appeal may be taken to the Overall Code Review Commission by any person or by any officer, department, board or bureau of the city affected by the application or interpretation of building codes by the city inspectors. The appeal shall be taken within a time as shall be prescribed by the Overall Code Review Commission by general rule, by filing with the Community Development Department an application, specifying the grounds thereof. The Building Inspector shall forthwith transmit to the Commission all of the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken. A fee of $75 shall be paid to the City Treasurer prior to filing an appeal. An appeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from, unless the Building Inspector certifies to the Overall Code Review Commission after the notice of appeal has been filed with him or her that by reason of facts stated in the certificate, a stay would, in his or her opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property, in which case the proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order, which may be granted by the Overall Code Review Commission or by a court of record on application, on notice to the Building Inspector and on due cause shown. The Commission shall select a reasonable time and place for the hearing of the appeal and give 15 days’ notice thereof to the parties and shall render a decision on the appeal without reasonable delay. Any person may appear and testify at the hearing, either in person or by duly authorized agent or attorney.
(1990 Code, § 2-305) (Ord. 2000-1959, passed 6-5-2000; Ord. 04-3068, passed 12-20-2004; Ord. 17-3538, passed 2-6-2017; Ord. 20-3609, passed 4-6-2020)