1. Applications; When and By Whom Taken. An application, in cases in which the Board of Adjustment has original jurisdiction under the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance, may be taken by any property owner, including a tenant, or by a governmental officer, department, board or bureau. Such application shall be filed with the Zoning Administrator who shall transmit same to the Board of Adjustment.
2. Appeals; When and By Whom Taken. An appeal to the Board of Adjustment may be taken by any person aggrieved or by any officer of the County affected by any decision of the Zoning Administrator. Such appeal shall be taken within twenty (20) days after the decision by filing with the Zoning Administrator and with the Board of Adjustment, a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The Zoning Administrator shall forthwith transmit to the Board of Adjustment all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken.
3. Stay of Proceedings. An appeal stays all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from, unless the Zoning Administrator certifies to the Board of Adjustment after the notice of appeal shall have been filed with the Administrator that by reason of facts stated in the certificate, a stay would, in the opinion of the Administrator, cause imminent peril to life or property. In such case, 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, on notice to the Zoning Administrator and on due cause shown.
4. Hearings. The Board of Adjustment shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing on the appeal, give ten (10) days’ notice by letter to all owners of property located within five hundred (500) feet (200 feet for property zoned “R”) in all directions from the property for which the variation is being sought, and decide same within a reasonable time after it is submitted. If the applicant is the only adjacent land owner within 500 feet or 200 feet of the property for which the variance is being sought, notice must be sent to the next adjacent landowners. Each application shall be accompanied with the amount of said fee in accordance with a fee schedule adopted from time to time by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. At the hearing, any party may appear in person or by agent, or by attorney.