Sec. 919. (a) An appeal filed with the board of zoning appeals must specify the grounds of the appeal and must be filed within such time and in such form as may be prescribed by the board of zoning appeals by rule.
(b) The administrative official, hearing officer, administrative board, or other body from whom the appeal is taken shall, on the request of the board of zoning appeals, transmit to it all documents, plans, and papers constituting the record of the action from which an appeal was taken.
(c) Certified copies of the documents, plans, and papers constituting the record may be transmitted for purposes of subsection (b).
(d) Upon appeal, the board may reverse, affirm, or modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from. For this purpose, the board has all the powers of the official, officer, board, or body from which the appeal is taken.
(e) The board shall make a decision on any matter that it is required to hear under the 900 series either:
(1) at the meeting at which that matter is first presented; or
(2) at the conclusion of the hearing on that matter, if it is continued.
(f) Within five (5) days after making any decision under the 900 series, the board of zoning appeals shall file in the office of the board a copy of its decision.
[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citations: 18-7-2-70 part; 18-7-4-919; 18-7-4-79; 18-7-5-83.]
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.23. Amended by Acts 1981, P.L.310, SEC.49; P.L.357-1983, SEC.16.
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