Any person or persons jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision of the Board of Adjustment or of any officer, department, commission, board or bureau of the City of Bridgeton may present to the Circuit Court having jurisdiction in St. Louis County, a petition, duly verified, stating that such decision is illegal, in whole or in part, specifying the grounds of the illegality and asking for relief therefrom. Such petition shall be presented to the court within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice of the decision of the Board or such officer, department, commission, board or bureau.

Costs shall not be allowed against the Board in any such action unless it shall appear to the court that it acted with gross negligence or in bad faith, or with malice in making the decision appealed from.