3.9 APPEAL PROCESS
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3.9.1. As a condition precedent to judicial review, each adversely affected applicant shall timely and specifically challenge a land use authority’s decision by the following process. Only those decisions in which a land use authority had applied a Land Use Ordinance to a particular application, person, or parcel may be appealed to an Appeal Authority.
3.9.1.1. The appeal shall be presented in writing within thirty (30) days of when the land use decision was made. The appeal shall include a detailed description of the land use being appealed, along with references to all Ordinances that the applicant feels applies to this decision. The appeal should include the justification that the applicant feels has not been interpreted properly. The minutes of the Planning Commission and/or Town Council meetings, as applicable, shall establish the date the land use decision was made.
3.9.1.2. The affected applicant is required to present to the Appeal Authority every theory of relief that he/she can raise in district court.
3.9.1.3. The affected applicant shall attend all hearings and meetings associated with his/her appeal.
3.9.1.4. The Appeal Authority shall not require an adversely affected applicant to pursue duplicate or successive appeals before the same or separate appeal authorities as a condition of the adversely affected party’s duty to exhaust administrative remedies.
3.9.1.5. The decision of the Appeal Authority takes effect on the date when the appeal authority issues a written decision and this written decision constitutes a final decision.