The procedure of the Zoning Hearing Board shall be governed by the provisions of applicable laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and such rules, not inconsistent herewith, as the Board may adopt. In general, the procedure for appeal from action of the Zoning Officer shall be as follows:
A. Any appeal from the requirements of this chapter shall be taken by filing with the officer from whom the appeal is taken and with the Zoning Hearing Board a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The officer from whom the appeal is taken shall forthwith transmit to the Board all of the documentary material constituting the record upon which the action appealed was taken.
B. Each appeal shall be tried on its merits at a public hearing. Notice of such appeal shall be given by publishing in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough of Mars and in accordance with the applicable law. Written notice to all landowners within 150 feet in all directions of the subject property shall be provided by registered mail. applicants shall provide a list of all adjacent landowners to the Borough Secretary. The Board shall give the additional notice required by law to all parties in interest, and they may join any hearing for the purpose of giving such further notice.
C. The Planning Commission shall furnish all pertinent narrative material, maps, charts and other data relative to the problem involved for reference by all concerned. The Board may join any hearing for the purpose of reviewing such data as may be pertinent to the problem involved and to request interpretations of said data by a representative of the Planning Commission.
D. The Board shall decide each appeal within a reasonable time, and notice thereof shall be given to all parties in interest. The Board's decision shall be immediately filed in its office and be a public record. In the exercise of its functions upon such appeals or upon exceptions, the Board may, in conformity of the law, reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or modify the order, requirement, decision or determination as, in its opinion, ought to be made.
E. Any person aggrieved by any decision of the Board or any municipal officer affected thereby may appeal therefrom within 30 days to the Court of Common Pleas as provided by law.