(a) All appeals and applications made to the Board of Zoning Appeals shall be in writing and on forms prescribed therefor. Every appeal or application for a variance or special exception shall refer to the specific provision of this Zoning Code involved and shall exactly set forth the interpretation that is claimed, the use for which the certificate is sought or the details of the appeal that is applied for and the grounds on which it should be granted, as the case may be. Each and every decision made by the Board shall be by resolution and shall contain a full record of the findings of the Board in the particular case. Each resolution, together with all documents pertaining thereto, shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of Council by case number under one or another of the following headings: variances; special exceptions; interpretations; or certificates.
(b) When a notice of appeal has been filed in proper form with the Board, the Secretary shall immediately place the request for appeal upon the calendar for hearing and shall cause notices, stating the time, place and purpose of the hearing, to be issued. The notice shall be served personally or by mail, addressed to the parties making the request for appeal, at least 30 days prior to the date of the scheduled hearing. Notices of the hearing will be sent to the owners of property within 500 feet of the perimeter of the site of the proposed deviation from this Zoning Code. Such hearing shall be advertised by notice, on two separate non-successive days, in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the city at least ten days before the date of such hearing. The Board, at its discretion, may send out further notices to publicize such hearings. The Board may recess hearings from time to time, and, if the time and place of the continued hearing is publicly announced at the time of adjournment, no further notice shall be required.
(Ord. 1-91, passed 3-4-1991)