(a) A Board of Adjustment is hereby established as provided in G.S. 160D-302. The Board of Adjustment shall hear and decide quasi-judicial zoning decisions. The Board shall follow quasi-judicial procedures as specified in G.S. 160D-406 when making a decision. The Planning Board shall function as the Board of Adjustment as provided in G.S. 160D-302.
(b) Pursuant to G.S. 160D-406(k), a person or persons, jointly or severally, aggrieved by a decision of the Board, may within thirty (30) days after the filing of the decision in the office of the Town Clerk, but not thereafter, present to the Superior Court of Burke County a petition duly verified, setting forth that such decision is illegal in whole or in part, specifying the grounds of illegality, whereupon such decision of said Board shall be subject to review by certiorari as provided by law. (Ord. of 1/10/05; Ord. of 6/26/06; Ord. of 12/6/10; Ord. of 6/30/14; Ord. of 6/28/21)