An appeal to the Planning and Zoning Commission may be made by any person or by any office, department, board or bureau aggrieved by a decision of the Zoning Administrator 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 Planning and Zoning Commission for processing. The Village Clerk shall forward to the Zoning Administrator a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof, and he or she shall forthwith transmit to the Planning and Zoning Commission 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 Planning and Zoning Commission, after the notice of appeal has been filed with him or her, that by reason of fact 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 Planning and Zoning Commission 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 Planning and Zoning Commission shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of the appeal and give due notice thereof to the parties and decide the same within a reasonable time. Upon the hearing any party may appear in person or by agent or attorney. The Planning and Zoning Commission may affirm or, on the concurring vote of five members, may reverse wholly or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision or determination as in its opinion ought to be done or made on the premises, and to that end shall have all the powers of the office from whom the appeal was taken.
(1983 Code, § 9-13-7) (Ord. 09-07, passed 9-8-2009)