<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 10-37. - Appeals from orders of building code administrator.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               An appeal from any decision or order of the building code administrator may be taken
               by any person aggrieved thereby. Any appeal from the building code administrator shall
               be taken within ten days from the rendering of the decision or service of the order,
               and shall be taken by filing with the building code administrator and with the housing
               appeals board a notice of appeal which shall specify the grounds upon which the appeal
               is based. Upon the filing of any notice of appeal, the building code administrator
               shall forthwith transmit to the housing appeals board all the paper constituting the
               record upon which the decision appealed from was made. When an appeal is from a decision
               of the building code administrator refusing to allow the person aggrieved thereby
               to do any act, his decision shall remain in force until modified or reversed. When
               any appeal is from a decision of the building code administrator requiring the person
               aggrieved to do any act, the appeal shall have the effect of suspending the requirement
               until the hearing of the housing appeals board unless the building code administrator
               certifies to the housing appeals board, after the notice of appeal is filed with him,
               that, because of facts stated in the certificate (a copy of which shall be furnished
               the appellant), a suspension of his requirement would cause imminent peril to life
               or property. In that case, the requirement shall not be suspended except by a restraining
               order, which may be granted for due cause shown upon not less than one day's written
               notice to the building code administrator, by the housing appeals board, or by a court
               of record upon petition made pursuant to subsection (e) of this section.
               
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               (b)
               
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               The hearing appeals board shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of all appeals,
               shall give due notice to all the parties and shall render its decision within a reasonable
               time. Any party may appear in person or by agent or attorney.
               
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               (c)
               
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               The hearing appeals board may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the
               decision or order appealed from and may make such decision and order as in its opinion
               ought to be made in the matter, and to that end it shall have the powers of the building
               code administrator, but the concurring vote of four members of the board shall be
               necessary to reverse or modify any decision or order of the building code administrator.
               
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               (d)
               
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               In passing upon appeals in any case where there are practical difficulties or unnecessary
               hardships in the way of carrying out the strict letter of this article, the housing
               appeals board shall have the power to adapt the application of this article to the
               necessities of the case to the end that the spirit of this article shall be observed,
               public safety and welfare shall be secured and substantial justice shall be done.
               
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               (e)
               
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               Every decision of the housing appeals board shall be subject to review by proceedings
               in the nature of certiorari instituted within 15 days of the decision of the housing
               appeals board, not otherwise, as provided in G.S. 160A-446(e). In addition, any person
               aggrieved by an order issued by the building code administrator or a decision rendered
               by the housing appeals board shall also have the right, within 30 days after issuance
               of the order or rendering of the decision, to petition the superior court for a temporary
               injunction restraining the building code administrator pending a final disposition
               of the cause, as provided by G.S. 160A-446(f).
               
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               (Code 1993, Â§ 10-40; Ord. of 4-2-1991(2), Â§ 15(d))
               
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