The appealing party must file a complete written notice of appeal with the fire department upon forms prescribed by the department and accompanied by the appeal fee within fourteen days from the date of the planning commission's final decision.

The notice of appeal shall specify the claimed error(s) and issue(s) which the legislative body is asked to consider on appeal and shall specifically state all grounds for such appeal. Issues or grounds of appeal which are not so identified need not be considered by the legislative body.

The fire department shall notify the parties of record that an appeal has been filed and that the copies of the notice of appeal and any written argument or memorandum of authorities accompanying the notice of appeal may be obtained from the department. The notice to parties shall also state that the parties of record wishing to respond to the appeal may submit written argument or memorandum to the legislative body within fourteen days from the date that the notice is mailed and shall further specify that such written argument or memorandum shall not include the presentation of new evidence and shall be based only upon the facts presented to the planning commission. A copy of the notice shall be sent to the appellant.

The appellant or any party of record may submit a written argument or memorandum of authority within fourteen days of the date of mailing of the notice to parties. Such written argument or memorandum of authorities shall be filed with the fire department. No written argument or memorandum of authorities may be thereafter submitted except as follows. The appellant or parties of record may thereafter request, in writing, and the department may, at its discretion and for cause, grant without prior notice to other parties of record a fifteen-day extension of time within which written arguments or memoranda must be submitted; provided, that the request for extension is made no later than the last date the memoranda would otherwise be due. The legislative body may grant further extensions on a finding by the legislative body of the existence of extenuating circumstances which warrant such extensions. Notice of an extension shall be given to all parties of record. Memoranda, written arguments or comments shall not include the presentation of any new evidence and shall be based only on the facts presented to the planning commission.

When a timely appeal has been filed and the deadline for receipt of written memoranda has passed, the fire department shall within five days deliver to the legislative body a copy of the planning commission's decision, the evidence presented to the planning commission, an audio recording of the hearing before the planning commission and any written arguments or memoranda of authority which have been received.