(a) Any person adversely affected by any final appealable order may appeal directly to the Licking County Court of Common Pleas for an order vacating or modifying such order.
(b) Any person desiring to appeal shall file a notice of appeal with the Director of Public Service, setting forth the order appealed from and the grounds of his or her appeal. A copy of such notice of appeal shall also be filed by the appellant with the court. The notice of appeal shall be filed with the Director within thirty days after the mailing of the Director's final order or within thirty days of service upon the appellant, whichever is earlier.
(c) A person appealing to the Court shall be known as the appellant and the Director, in his or her official capacity, shall be known as the appellee. Appellant and appellee shall be deemed to be parties to the appeal. The filing of an appeal provided for in this section does not automatically suspend or stay execution of the order appealed from, but upon application by the appellant, the Court may suspend or stay such execution pending determination of the appeal upon such terms as it deems proper.
(d) If, upon completion of the appeal, the Court finds that the order appealed from was lawful and reasonable, it shall make a written order affirming the order appealed from. If the Court finds that such order was unreasonable or unlawful, it shall make a written order vacating the order appealed from and making the order which it finds the Director should have made.
(Ord. 91-59. Passed 10-21-91.)