(A) Any person or persons, taxpayer, officer, department, board or bureau of Northampton County jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision of the Board of Zoning Appeals may file with the Circuit Court of Northampton County a petition specifying the grounds on which aggrieved within 30 days as provided in VA Code § 15.2-2314.
(B) Certiorari. Upon presentation of such petition, the court shall allow a writ of certiorari and shall prescribe therein the term within which a return thereto must be made and served upon the appellant's attorney, which shall not be less than ten days and may be extended by the court. The allowance of the writ shall not stay proceedings upon the decision appealed from, but the court may on application, on notice of the Board of Zoning Appeals, and due cause shown, grant a restraining order.
(Ord. passed 4-12-2016)