The following procedure shall be required:

A.

An appeal from any ruling of the planning commission or administrative officer administering any portion of this ordinance may be taken by any person aggrieved or any governmental department affected.

B.

The board of zoning appeals shall not consider any application for ordinance interpretation, variance or appeal without the payment by the applicant or appellant to the city treasurer of a fee. Such application or appeal shall be filed with the zoning administrator, who shall transmit the same, together with all plans, specifications and other papers pertaining to the application or appeal, to the board of zoning appeals.

C.

When an application or appeal has been filed in proper form and with the required date, the secretary of the board shall immediately place the said application or appeal upon the board's calendar for its next meeting. Before granting any appeal the board shall hold a public hearing. A notice of the time and place of such public hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city at least 15 days prior to the hearing. Additionally, notices of the public hearings shall be served personally or by mail at least 15 days prior to the date of such hearing, upon the applicant or the appellant, the owners of record of property within 300 feet of the premises in question; which notices, if by mail, shall be addressed to the respective property owners of record at the address given in the last assessment roll. The notice shall contain the address, if available, and location of the property for which the ruling by the board of zoning appeals is sought, as well as a brief description of the nature of the appeal. Any party may appear at such hearings in person or by an agent or by an attorney.

D.

Upon the day for hearing any application or appeal, the board may adjourn the hearing in order to permit the obtaining of additional information, or to cause further notice as it deems proper to be served upon such other property owners as it decides may be interested in said application or appeal. In the case of an adjourned hearing, persons previously notified and persons already heard need not be notified of the time of resumption of said hearing unless the board so decides.