14.20.030 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS: Appeals - Powers Of Board

1. Appeals to the Board of Adjustments may be taken by: a. an applicant or any other person or entity adversely affected by a decision administering or interpreting this title or other County land use ordinance; and b. Any officer, department, board or bureau of the County affected by the grant or refusal of a building permit or by other decision of an administrative officer or agency based on or made in the course of the administration or enforcement of the provisions of this title or other County land use ordinance. 2. Such appeal shall be made to the Board of Adjustments within forty-five (45) days from the date the decision being appealed was made. 3. Upon receiving an application for appeal, the Board of Adjustment shall have the following powers to hear and decide: a. Allegations by the appellant that there is error in any order, requirement, decision or refusal made by administrative official or agency based on or made in the enforcement of this title or other County land use ordinance; b. Variances from the terms of this title or other applicable County land use ordinance; and 4. The Board of Adjustments shall determine the correctness of the land use authority’s interpretation and application of the plain meaning of the land use regulations and interpret and apply a land use regulation to favor a land use application unless the land use regulation plainly restricts the land use application. 5. The Board shall not hear and decide any special exceptions, conditional use permits, amendments to this title or any other land use ordinances.