(A) Appeals from decisions, interpretations, or acts of the Petroleum Administrator or the Planning Commission shall be filed in writing to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. Appeals shall be filed within ten days of the act by the Petroleum Administrator or the Planning Commission. The Board of Supervisors shall serve as the “local appeals board” which is hereby expressly declared to be the local appeals board referred to in Cal. Health and Safety Code §§ 17920.5 and 17925. Such board of appeals is hereby authorized to hear appeals regarding the petroleum requirements of the county and shall have all of the power and authority conferred on a local appeals board under the said sections of the Health and Safety Code. All decisions of the Board of Supervisors shall be deemed final, subject only to judicial review.
(B) Any appeal to the Board of Supervisors hereunder shall be posted as required under the Brown Act. In cases where the Petroleum Administrator or the Planning Commission deems compliance with his, her, or its decision to be necessary to prevent an imminent threat to public health or safety or to prevent immediate environmental damage, the Petroleum Administrator or the Planning Commission may require compliance with his, her, or its decision pending outcome of an appeal to the board of appeals.
(C) A fee, as adopted by the Board of Supervisors, shall be paid to the Clerk of the Board at the time of application for an appeal hearing. The hearing fee shall be refunded in cases where the applicant has substantially prevailed.
(Ord. 918, § 1(part), 2013)