(a)
Any owner, lienholder, or mortgagee of record jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision of the building and standards commission may present a petition to a district court, duly verified, setting forth that the decision is illegal, in whole or in part, and specifying the grounds of the illegality. The petition must be presented to the court within thirty (30) calendar days after the date a copy of the final decision of the commission panel is personally delivered, mailed by first class mail with certified return receipt requested, or delivered by the United States Postal Service using signature confirmation service to the owner, lienholder, or mortgagee.
(b)
On presentation of the petition, the court may allow a writ of certiorari directed to the building and standards commission to review its decision and shall prescribe in the writ the time, which may not be less than ten (10) days, within which a return on the writ must be made and served on the relator or the relator's attorney. The commission panel may not be required to return the original papers acted on by it. It is sufficient for the commission panel to return certified or sworn copies of the papers or of parts of the papers as may be called for by the writ. The return must concisely set forth other facts as may be pertinent and material to show the grounds for the decision appealed from and shall be verified.
(Ordinance O-24-019 adopted 8/15/2024)