§ 8-213. Appeal of a commission decision.

(a)

An applicant aggrieved by a decision of the commission concerning a permit application may file an appeal with the state historic preservation review board. The appeal shall be filed within sixty (60) calendar days after the decision is furnished to the applicant. The appellant may submit all or part of the appellant's evidence and arguments in written form. The state historic preservation review board shall consider an appeal at its first regularly scheduled meeting after receiving the appeal. A permit applicant aggrieved by the decision of the state historic preservation review board may appeal the decision to the circuit court having jurisdiction over the historic district commission whose decision was appealed to the state historic preservation review board.

(b)

Any citizen or duly organized historic preservation organization in the City of Owosso, as well as resource property owners, jointly or severally aggrieved by a decision of the historic district commission may appeal the decision to the circuit court, except that a permit applicant aggrieved by a decision rendered under this article may not appeal to the court without first exhausting the right to appeal to the state historic preservation review board.

(Ord. No. 717, § 5, 8-2-10)

Editor's note

Section 5 of Ord. No. 717, adopted Aug. 2, 2010, repealed the former § 8-213, and enacted a new § 8-213 as set out herein. The former § 8-213 pertained to appeal of decisions and derived from Ord. No. 598, § 1, adopted Sept. 5, 2000.