(a) Forwarding a written request by mail or hand delivery to the authority which made the determination within 30 days after having been advised and notified of such determination.

(b) Including in said request for review the ground or grounds upon which the person aggrieved contends that the decision should be modified or reversed.

(c) Requesting that the review shall be made by the officer, employee, agent, agency, committee, board, commission or body who made the initial determination.

Failure to make a request as noted above to the proper party shall not preclude the person aggrieved from review unless such failure has caused prejudice to the municipal authority. [Code § 12.35-5.]