Sec. 83-123(p)

An appeal shall be initiated by filing a written notice of appeal with the administrator, within 30 days of the date of the decision being appealed.

The administrator is responsible for making interpretations of all provisions of section 83-420, Floodplain overlay (FP) District including, but not limited to: a. Interpretations of the text; and b. Interpretations of the FP district and subdistrict boundaries.

A decision of the BZA on an application for a variance permit (floodplain) may be appealed to the Circuit Court for Powhatan County in accordance with the Code of Virginia.

Approval of a variance permit (floodplain) authorizes only the particular regulatory relief approved. It does not exempt the applicant from the responsibility to obtain all other approvals required by this chapter and any other applicable laws.

Unless it expires, a variance permit (floodplain), including any conditions of approval, shall run with the land, shall be binding on the landowners and their successors and assigns, and shall not be affected by a change in ownership.

Subsequent to approval of a variance permit (floodplain), the community development staff shall notify the applicant, in writing, of the approval, and that issuance of a variance that allows development below the 100-year floodplain elevation (1) increases the risks to life and property and (2) will result in increases to premium rates for flood insurance.

The BZA shall decide an appeal within 90 days after the date the notice of appeal is filed in accordance with section 83-123(q)(3), Initiation.

An appeal shall stay all administrative proceedings by the county in furtherance of the action appealed, unless the administrator certifies that a stay would cause imminent peril to life or property.

A decision by the administrator or other administrative officer shall be presumed correct, and may not be reversed or modified unless there is evidence in the record that the decision is not correct, based on the relevant procedures and standards of this chapter.

An appeal shall be initiated by filing a written notice of appeal with the administrator, within 30 days of the date of the decision being appealed.

The administrator's interpretation may be appealed to the BZA (see section 83-123(q), Appeal (zoning)).

The administrator is responsible for making interpretations of all provisions of this chapter, including, but not limited to: a. Interpretations of the text; b. Interpretations of the zoning district boundaries; c. Interpretations of whether an unlisted use in a zoning district and in Article VII: Use Standards, is comparable to a listed use or not, and should be allowed in a zoning district or prohibited in that district; and d. Interpretations of compliance with a condition of approval.

When mailed notice is provided, the community development staff is responsible for preparing the content of the written notice and mailing it, in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Virginia.

When notice of a public hearing is to be provided, the community development staff is responsible for preparing the content of the notice and ensure publication of the notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Virginia.