1359.13 BOARD OF BUILDING AND ZONING APPEALS.
   (a)   The Board of Building and Zoning Appeals shall have authority to:
      (1)   Hear appeals from the Director of Inspection's issuance of a permit under this chapter; and
      (2)   Hear and determine an appeal by the applicant of the failure of the Director of Inspections to issue a permit under this chapter.
   (b)   Within seven days after the Director issues a permit to move a building, any person aggrieved may file an appeal to the Board appealing the decision of the Director to issue the permit. Appeals received by the Clerk of Commissions as provided under Section 1359.04(d)(3) shall be forthwith submitted to the Board. In the event an appeal is filed to the Board, the Board shall establish and conduct a public hearing within fifteen days from the date of the last day on which an appeal can be filed. The Board shall notify the appellants and the permittee of the time and place that the hearing is to be conducted. The Board shall make inquiry into such appeals and pursuant thereto shall hear testimony from the appellant, the permittee and any other witnesses it deems appropriate. The Board shall uphold the decision of the Director in issuing the permit if it finds that compliance with all of the conditions of this chapter has been made and that no violation of any other ordinance is found.
   (c)   Notice to the applicant or to the permittee, as the case may be, from the Board shall specify that no work is to be performed or the building moved until the Board has made its decision and such decision indicates that the permit is to be issued or the permit already issued is approved.
(Ord. 1973-131. Passed 10-17-74; Ord. 2020-149. Passed 2-18-21.)