§ 6-170. Appeals—generally.

(a)

Any person aggrieved, or the head of any agency of the parish government, may take an appeal to the board of maritime examiners from any decision of the inspector of marine vessels and terminals.

(b)

An appeal may be taken within thirty (30) days from the date of the decision appealed, by filing with the inspector of marine vessels and terminals and with the board of maritime examiners a notice of appeal in writing, specifying the grounds thereof, except that in the case of a structure or situation, which, in the opinion of the inspector of marine vessels and terminals, is unsafe or dangerous, the inspector of marine vessels and terminals may, in his order, limit the time for such appeal to a shorter period. The inspector of marine vessels and terminals shall forthwith transmit to the board of maritime examiners a report of the facts upon which his order may be based and all the papers upon which the action appealed from was taken.

(c)

The board of maritime examiners, when so appealed to and after a public hearing, may vary the application of any provision of this division to any particular case when, in its opinion, the enforcement thereof would do manifest injustice, and would be contrary to the spirit and purpose of this division or public interest, or when, in its opinion, the interpretation placed thereon by the inspector of marine vessels and terminals should be modified or reversed.

(d)

A decision of the board of maritime examiners to vary the application of any provision of this division, or to modify an order of the inspector of maritime vessels and terminals, shall specify in what manner such variation or modification is made, the conditions upon which it is made, and the reasons therefor.

(Ord. No. 44, § 6, 7-9-64)