§ 14.06. Appeals.

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Authority. The Planning and Zoning Board shall hear and decide appeals from an administrative order, requirement or determination under this comprehensive amendment, made by the Building Inspector.

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Initiation and Processing. An appeal may be taken to the Planning and Zoning Board by any person, firm or corporation, or by any office, department, board[,] bureau or commission, aggrieved by an administrative order, requirement, decision, or determination under this comprehensive amendment.

The appeal shall be taken within such time as shall be prescribed by the Planning and Zoning Board by a general rule by filing with the City Clerk and with the Planning and Zoning Board, a notice of appeal, specifying the grounds thereof. Such appeal shall be taken upon forms provided by the Planning and Zoning Board. The officer from whom the appeal is taken shall forthwith transmit to the Board all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed was taken.

An appeal stays all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from, unless the Building Inspector certifies to the Planning and Zoning Board, after the notice of appeal has been filed with him, that by reason of facts stated in the certificate a stay would, in his opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property. In this event the proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order which may be granted by the Planning and Zoning Board or by a court of record on application and on notice to the officer from whom the appeal is taken, and on due causes shown.

The Planning and Zoning Board shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of the appeal and give due notice thereof to the parties and decide the appeal within a reasonable time. Upon the hearing, any party may appear in person or by agent or attorney. The Planning and Zoning Board may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision or determination as in its opinion ought to be made in the premises and to that end has all the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken.

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Decisions. All decisions, after hearing, of the Planning and Zoning Board on appeals from an administrative order, requirement, decision or determination of the Building Inspector shall, in all instances, be final administrative determinations and shall be subject to judicial review only in accordance with applicable Illinois statutes.

(Ord. No. 2000-O-030, § 3, 9-18-00)