An appeal to the board of adjustment may be taken by any person aggrieved or by any officer, department, board, or bureau of the city. The appeal shall be taken within the time prescribed by rule of the board by filing with the officer from whom the appeal is taken and with the board of adjustment a notice of appeal, specifying the grounds thereof. The officer from whom the appeal is taken forthwith shall transmit to the board of adjustment all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken.
N.D.C.C. § 40-47-08