 SECTION 909 BOARD HAS POWERS OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL ON APPEALS
In exercising the above mentioned powers, the Board of Adjustment may reverse or affirm, wholly or partially, or modify the order, requirement, decision or determination as ought to be made and to that end shall have all the powers of the administrative official from whom the appeal is taken. The concurring vote of four (4) members of the Board of Adjustment shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision or determination of any such administrative official, or to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which it is required to pass under this Resolution or to effect any variance under this Resolution.
SECTION 910 APPEALS
Any person or persons, jointly or severally, aggrieved by any decision of the Board of Adjustment, or any officer, department, board or bureau of the County, may present to the district court for the County a petition, duly verified, setting forth that such decision is illegal, in whole or in part, and specifying the grounds of the illegality. The petition must be presented to the court within fifteen (15) days after the filing of the decision in the office of the Board of Adjustment. Upon the filing of such a petition a summons shall be issued and be served upon the Board of Adjustment together with a copy of the petition, and return of service shall be made within four (4) days after the issuance of the summons. Within ten (10) days after the return day of the summons, the County Board shall file an answer to the petition which shall admit or deny the substantial averments of the petition and matters in dispute as disclosed by the petition. The answer shall be verified in like manner as required for the petition. At the expiration of the time for filing the answer, the court shall proceed to hear and determine the cause without delay and shall render judgment according to law. If, upon the hearing, it shall appear to the court that testimony is necessary for the proper disposition of the matter, it may take evidence or appoint a referee to take such evidence as it may direct and report the same to the court with his findings of fact and conclusions of law, which shall constitute a part of the proceedings upon which the determination of the court shall be made. The court may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the decision brought up for review. Appeal to the district court shall not stay proceedings upon the decision appealed from, but the court may, upon application, on notice to the Board and on due cause shown, grant a restraining order. Any appeal from such judgment of the district court shall be prosecuted in accordance with the general laws of the State regulating appeals in
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