(A) Appeals to the Board of Adjustment may be taken by any person aggrieved or by any officer, department, board or bureau of the city affected by any decision of the Building Inspector.
(B) Such appeal shall be taken within 30 days from the date of the decision by filing with the officer from whom the appeal is taken and with the City Clerk a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof, and by paying a filing fee established by the Board of Adjustment which shall be sufficient to defray the cost of publishing the notice of public-hearing and any other costs associated with the hearing. The appellant shall pay such fee upon filing the appeal. The officer from whom the appeal is taken shall forthwith transmit to the Board of Adjustment the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken.
(C) An appeal stays all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from unless the officer from whom the appeal is taken certifies to the Board of Adjustment, after the notice of appeal shall have been filed with him or her that by reason of facts stated in the certificate a stay, in his or her opinion, would cause imminent peril to life or property. In such cases, proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order which may be granted by the Board of Adjustment or by a court of record on application and notice to the officer from whom the appeal is taken and on the cause shown.
(D) The Board of Adjustment shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of the appeal or other matters referred to it, given ten days public notice thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, as well as due notice to the parties in interest, in conformance with the requirements concerning “Notice and Hearings,” and decide the same within a reasonable time. Upon the hearing, any party may appear in person or by agent or by attorney.
(Prior Code, § 12-122) (Ord. passed 12-1-1971)