§ 156.157 APPEALS.
   An appeal may be taken to the Board of Zoning Appeals by any person, firm or corporation, or by any officer, department, board, or bureau affected by a decision of the building and zoning official to this chapter. Such appeal shall be taken within such time as shall be prescribed by the Board of Zoning Appeals by general rule, by filing with the building and zoning official and with the Board of Zoning Appeals a notice of appeal, specifying the grounds thereof. The building and zoning official shall thereupon transmit to the Board all papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken. An appeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of action appealed from, unless the building and zoning official certifies to the Board of Zoning Appeals after the notice of appeal has been filed with him that by reason of facts stated in the certificate, the stay would, in his or her opinion, cause eminent peril to life or property, in which case the proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order which may be granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals or by a Court of Record on application, or notice to the building and zoning official and on due cause shown. The board shall select a reasonable time and place for the hearing of the appeal and give due notice thereof to the parties and shall render a decision on the appeal without unreasonable delay. Any person may appear and testify at the hearing, either in person or by duly authorized agent or attorney. The Board may reverse or affirm wholly or partly, or may modify or amend the order, requirement, decision or determination appealed from to the extent and in the manner that the Board array decide to be fitting and proper to the premises.
(`92 Code, § 40-7-3)