A. Appeals to the Board may be taken by any person aggrieved, by any neighborhood organization as defined in § 32.105, RSMo., representing such person, or by any officer, department, board or bureau of the City affected by any decision of the Planning and Zoning Commission or Administrative Officer. Such appeal shall be taken within a reasonable time as provided by the rules of the Board by filing with the Planning and Zoning Commission or Administrative Officer from whom the appeal is taken, and with the Board a notice of the appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The Planning and Zoning Commission or Administrative Officer thereof, from whom the appeal was taken, shall forthwith transmit to the Board all the papers constituting the records upon which the action appealed from was taken. Service of such notices, papers, and records shall be constituted by depositing the same with the City Clerk.

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