(a) Applications.
(1) Authority of Zoning Inspector and Board. All questions of interpretation and enforcement of this Zoning Code shall first be presented to the Zoning Inspector and shall be presented to the Board of Zoning Appeals only on appeal from the decision of the Zoning Inspector.
(2) Original jurisdiction of Board. An application, in cases in which the Board has original jurisdiction under the provisions of this Zoning Code, 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 Inspector who shall transmit the same to the Board.
(b) Appeals.
(1) In general. An appeal to the Board may be taken by any person aggrieved by, or by any officer of the City affected by, any decision of the Zoning Inspector. Such appeal shall be taken within twenty days after the decision by filing with the Zoning Inspector and with the Board a notice of appeal, specifying the grounds thereof. The Zoning Inspector shall forthwith transmit to the Board all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken.
(2) Stay of proceedings. An appeal stays all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from, unless the Zoning Inspector, from whom the appeal is taken, certifies
to the Board, after the notice of appeal is filed with him or her, that by reason of facts stated in the application, a stay would, in his or her opinion, cause imminent peril to life and property. In such case, proceedings shall not be stayed other than by a restraining order which may be granted, on due cause shown, by the Board or by a court of record on application, after notice to the Zoning Inspector, from whom the appeal is taken.
(Ord. 6576. Passed 3-15-16.)