An appeal may be taken to the Planning and Zoning Commission by any person, firm or corporation, or by an office, department, board or bureau aggrieved by a decision of the Zoning Administrator.

Such an appeal shall be taken within forty-five (45) days after the decision of the action complained of, by filing with the Zoning Administrator, a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The Zoning Administrator shall forthwith transmit to the Planning and Zoning Commission all of the papers constituting a record upon which the action appealed from was taken.

A. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall hear the appeal within sixty (60) days of the filing of the application. The Planning and Zoning Commission may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify the order, requirement, decision or determination, and shall issue a written final decision. Final decisions of the planning and zoning commission shall be subject to administrative review pursuant to the Administrative Review Law, as amended.

B. An appeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from unless the Zoning Administrator certified to the Planning and Zoning Commission, after the notice of the appeal has been filed with him or her, that by reason of facts stated in the certificate a stay would, in his or her opinion, cause imminent peril to life and property, in which case the proceedings shall not be stayed unless otherwise by a restraining order which may be granted by the Planning and Zoning Commission or by a court of record on application, on notice of the Zoning Administrator and on due cause shown.