1. Appeals.
A. Scope of Appeals and Procedure for Filing. An appeal may be taken to the Board by any person, firm or corporation, or by any office, department, board or bureau affected by any decision of the Zoning Administrator, and where it is alleged there is error in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official in the enforcement of this Code. Such an appeal shall be submitted within 30 days of the decision of the Zoning Administrator, by filing a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The appeal shall be in the number of copies and contain such information as the Board, by rule, may require. The Zoning Administrator shall forthwith transmit to the Board all of the papers constituting a record upon which the action appealed from was taken.
B. Effect of Appeal. An appeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from unless the Zoning Administrator certifies to the Board, after the notice of the 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 and property, in which case the proceedings shall not be stayed other than by a restraining order which may be granted by the Board or by a court of record on application, or on notice of the Zoning Administrator and due cause is shown.
C. Hearing, Decision, and Records. The Board shall select a reasonable time and place for the hearing of the appeal and give due notice thereof to the parties by one publication of a notice in a publication of general circulation within the City of Hiawatha, said publication to be made not less than four (4) days nor more than 20 days before the date of hearing. The Board shall reach its decision within forty-five (45) days of the date of the public hearing unless such time is extended by mutual consent of the petitioner and the Board. The Board may, in conformity with the provisions of this Code, affirm or reverse, wholly or in part, or may modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from and may make such order, requirement, decision, or determination as ought to be made and to that end shall have all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken. The Zoning Administrator shall maintain records of all actions of the Board relative to appeals.