(A) General. Appeals to the Board may be taken by any person aggrieved of any decision of any officer, department, board or bureau of the city. Such appeal shall be taken within a reasonable time, as provided by the rules of the Board, by filing with the Board of Adjustment a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The officer from whom the appeal is taken shall forthwith transmit to the Board all papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed was taken.
(1992 Code, § 3-1-104)
(B) Appeal stays all proceedings. An appeal stays all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from, unless the officer from whom the appeal is taken certifies to the Board after the notice of appeal shall have been filed with him or her, that by reason of facts stated in the certificate a stay would, in his or her opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property. In such case, proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order which may be granted by the or by a court of record on application on notice to the officer from which the appeal is taken and on due cause shown. The Board of Adjustment shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of the appeal, give public notice thereof, as well as due notice to the parties in interest, and decide the same within a reasonable time. Upon the hearing, any party may appear in person or by attorney.
(1992 Code, § 3-1-105)
(C) Determining of appeal. In exercising the above mentioned powers such Board may, in conformity with the provisions of this subchapter, reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or modify the order, requirement, decision or determination as ought to be made, and to that end shall have all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken.
(1992 Code, § 3-1-106)