(A) The Planning, Zoning and Development Commission shall hear appeals from and review any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by the Building Commissioner/Inspector charged with the enforcement of this chapter.
(B) Any appeal to the Commission may be taken by any person aggrieved or by any officer, department, board, or bureau of the village. Such appeal shall be taken within such time as shall be prescribed by the Commission by a general rule, by filing with the Zoning Administrator, the officer from whom the appeal is taken and with the Commission, a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof, together with such plats and exhibits as are reasonably necessary. Such appeal shall be taken upon forms provided by the Commission. The Village Clerk shall forthwith transmit to the Commission all of the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed was taken.
(C) The Commission shall fix a reasonable time and place for the hearing of appeals and shall give notice thereof to the persons appealing and to the officer from whom the appeal is taken. It shall hear the appeal within 45 days. At the hearing parties of interest may appear in person or by agent or attorney.
(D) The Commission may recommend to the Village Board of Trustees their decision to reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify or amend the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from the extent and in the manner that the Commission may decide to be fitting and proper in the premises, and to that end the Commission shall also have all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken. The concurring vote of four members of the Commission shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision, or determination of the Building Commissioner/Inspector or to decide in favor of the applicant any matter upon which it is authorized by this chapter to render decisions.
(Ord. 77-03, passed 1-19-77; Am. Ord. 95-06, passed 4-10-95)