Appeals to the Planning Board may be taken by any interested party affected by any decision of an administrative officer based upon or made in enforcement of the Zoning Ordinance or Official Map. Such appeal shall be taken within 65 days by filing an application for appeal with the Municipal Clerk specifying the grounds for such appeal.

The Planning Board may reverse or affirm, wholly or in part, or may modify the action, order, requirement, decision, interpretation or determination appealed from.

An appeal stays all proceedings in furtherance of the action in respect of which the decision appealed from was made, unless the officer, department or board from whose action the appeal is taken certifies to the Planning Board, after the notice of appeal shall have been properly filed, that, by reason of facts stated in such certification, a stay would in his opinion cause imminent peril to life or property. In such case, proceedings shall not be stayed except by a restraining order which may be granted by the Planning Board or by the Superior Court on application upon notice to the officer, department or board from whom the appeal is taken and on due cause shown.