(A) Authority. The Zoning Board of Appeals, after a hearing, may determine and vary any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by the Administrative Officer.
(B) Initiation of appeal. Any person, firm, corporation, or any officer, department, board, or bureau of the county may request an appeal.
(C) Application for appeal. An application for an appeal shall be filed in writing with the Administrative Officer. Said application shall contain such information as the Zoning Board of Appeals may, by rule, require.
(D) Imminent peril to life and property. An appeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from unless the Administrative Officer certifies to the Zoning Board of Appeals, after the application for the appeal has been filed with him or her, that by reason of acts stated in the certificate a stay would, in his or her opinion, cause imminent peril to life and property.
(E) Hearing on application. The Zoning Board of Appeals shall hold a hearing on each application for an appeal at such time and place as shall be established by the Zoning Board of Appeals.
(F) Notice of hearing. Due notice of the time and place of said hearing on an appeal shall be sent
to all affected parties.
(G) Findings on appeals.
(1) The Zoning Board of Appeals may affirm or may, upon the concurring vote of four members, reverse wholly or in part or modify, the interpretation. To that end, the Zoning Board of Appeals shall have all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken.
(2) The Administrative Officer shall maintain records of all actions of the Zoning Board of Appeals relative to appeals.
(H) Finality of decision. All final administrative decisions of the Zoning Board of Appeals hereunder, shall be subject to judicial review related to the provisions of the Administrative Review Act, approved May 8, 1945, and all amendments and modifications thereof, and the rules adopted pursuant thereto.
(Ord. passed 5-16-2023)