An appeal to the Village of Gardner Planning and Zoning Board may be made by any person, firm or corporation, or by any office, department, board or bureau aggrieved by a decision of the Zoning Officer under this chapter in accordance with Illinois Statutes and the following:
(A) An application for an appeal shall be filed with the Village Clerk within 20 days of the date of the action from which the appeal is being filed, and thereafter the Village Clerk shall forward the application to the Village of Gardner Planning and Zoning Board for processing. The Village Clerk shall forward to the Zoning Officer a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof and he or she shall forthwith transmit to the Village of Gardner Planning and Zoning Board all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken.
(B) An appeal stays all the proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from, unless the officer from whom the appeal is taken certifies to the Village of Gardner Planning and Zoning Board, 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 proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order which may be granted by the Village of Gardner Planning and Zoning Board or by a court of record on application, on notice to the officer from whom the appeal is taken and on due cause shown.
(C) The Village of Gardner Planning and Zoning Board shall fix a reasonable time, not to exceed 90 days, for the hearing of the appeal and give due notice thereof to the parties and decide the same within a reasonable time. The Village of Gardner Planning and Zoning Board may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision or determination as in its opinion ought to be made on the premises and to that end shall have all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal was taken.
(Ord. passed 1-12-1976, § XIII-H)