(a) Time of hearing. Within 15 days of the receipt of the notice of appeal filed pursuant to section 12.55.060(c) of this ordinance an administrative appeal hearing shall be held. The Kenosha County Department of Planning and Development shall serve the appellant with notice of such hearing before the Board of Adjustments by mail or personal service at least 10 days before such hearing.

(b) Conduct of hearing. At the hearing, the appellant and the determining authority may be represented by counsel and may present evidence and call and examine witnesses and cross-examine witnesses of the other party. Such witnesses shall be sworn by the person conducting the hearing before the Board of Adjustments which shall make the decision on the administrative appeal. The decision maker may issue subpoenas. The hearing may employ such other procedures as deemed applicable and appropriate and as set forth in section 12.56 of this ordinance. In reviewing decisions pursuant to section 12.35.020(d) of this ordinance dealing with similarities between intended principal and accessory uses and those provided for in the ordinance, the Board of Adjustments may make whatever use it deems advisable of the United States Government Office of Management and Budgets Standard Industrial Classification Manual in determining similarities.

(c) Record of hearing. The person conducting the hearing or a person employed for that purpose shall take notes of the testimony and shall mark and preserve all exhibits. The person conducting the hearing may, and upon request of the appellant shall, cause the proceedings to be taken by a stenographer or by a recording device, the expense thereof to be paid by the Kenosha County Department of Planning and Development. [Code § 12.35-7.]