872 ARTICLE 66B.

tion, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact, and shall keep
records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be
immediately filed in the office of the board and shall be a public record.

Appeals to the Board of Zoning Appeals may be taken by any person
aggrieved or by any officer, department, board or bureau of the munici-
pality affected by any decision of the administrative officer. Such appeal
shall be taken within a reasonable time, as provided by the rules of the
board, by filing with the officer from whom the appeal is taken and with
the Board of Zoning Appeals a notice of appeal specifying the grounds
thereof. The officer from whom the appeal is taken shall forthwith trans-
mit to the board all the papers constituting the record upon which the
action appealed from was taken.

An appeal stays all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed
from, unless the officer from the¹ whom the appeal is taken certifies to the
Board of Zoning Appeals after the notice of appeal shall have been filed
with him that by reason of facts stated in the certificate a stay would, in
his opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property. In such case pro-
ceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order which
may be granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals or by a court of record on
application, on notice to the officer from whom the appeal is taken and on
due cause shown.

The Board of Zoning Appeals shall fix a reasonable time for the hear-
ing of the appeal, give public notice thereof, as well as due notice to the
parties in interest, and decide the same within a reasonable time. Upon
the hearing any party may appear in person or by agent or by attorney.

The Board of Zoning Appeals shall have the following powers:

1. To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in any
order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative
official in the enforcement of this Article or of any ordinance adopted pur-
suant thereto.

2. To hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of the ordinance
upon which such board is required to pass under such ordinance.

3. To authorize upon appeal in specific cases such variance from the
terms of the ordinance as is necessary to avoid arbitrariness and so that the
spirit of the ordinance shall be observed and substantial justice done.

4. To approve buildings and uses limited as to location under such
rules and regulations as may be provided by ordinance of the local legis-
lative body; except that this sub-section shall not apply to Prince George's
and Montgomery Counties.

In exercising the above-mentioned powers such board may, in conform-
ity with the provisions of this Article, reverse or affirm, wholly or partly,
or may modify the order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed
from and may make such order, requirement, decision, or determination as
ought to be made, and to that end shall have all the powers of the officer
from whom the appeal is taken.

¹ Evidently a typographical error.