(a) An application to the Board, in cases in which it has original jurisdiction under the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance, may be taken by any property owner, including a tenant, or by any governmental officer, department, board or bureau. Such application shall be filed with the Zoning Inspector who shall transmit the same, together with all the plans, specifications and other papers pertaining to the application, to the Board.
(b) An appeal to the Board may be taken by any property owner, including a tenant, or by any governmental officer, department, board or bureau affected by any ruling of the Zoning Inspector. Such appeal shall be taken within a reasonable time, as prescribed by the rules of the Board, by filing with the Zoning Inspector a notice of appeal, together with all the plans and papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken.
(c) The Board shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of an application or of an appeal. It shall give at least ten days’ notice of the time and place of such hearing by insertion in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the county, and shall also give notice delivered personally or by mail at least five days before the time fixed for such hearing to the applicant or appellant and to the Zoning Inspector, and to the respective owners of record of property adjoining or adjacent to the premises in question. Any party may appear at such hearings in person or by agent or by attorney. The Board shall decide the application or appeal within a reasonable time.
(Ord. passed 2-14-1978)