(A) An applicant aggrieved by a decision of the Commission concerning a permit application may file an appeal with the State Historic Preservation Review Board of the Michigan Historical Center of the Department of History, Arts and Libraries. The appeal shall be filed within 60 days after the decision is furnished to the applicant.
(B) A permit applicant aggrieved by the decision of the State Historic Preservation Review Board may appeal the decision to the circuit court having jurisdiction over the Commission whose decision was appealed to the State Historic Preservation Review Board.
(C) Any citizen or duly organized historic preservation organization in the city, as well as resource property owners, jointly or severally aggrieved by a decision of the Commission, may appeal the decision directly to the circuit court, except that a permit applicant aggrieved by a decision of the Commission may not appeal to the circuit court without first exhausting the right to appeal to the State Historic Preservation Review Board.
(Ord. passed 3-27-2000; Am. Ord. 080324-1, passed 3-24-2008)