(a) A Board of Appeals consisting of five (5) members shall be appointed by Council in accordance with the provisions of the City Charter. The appointing authority may remove any member of the Board for cause and after public hearing.
(b) The Board shall elect its own Chairman and have the power to adopt rules and regulations for its own government, not inconsistent with law or with the provisions of this or any other City ordinance. Meetings shall be held at the call of the Chairman and at such other times as the Board may determine. The Chairman, or in his absence, the Acting Chairman, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses.
(c) The Clerk of Council shall be the Secretary of the Board. Meetings of the Board shall be open to the public. Minutes shall be kept of proceedings, showing the action of the Board and the vote of each member upon each question, or if absent or failing to vote, indicating that fact, and records shall be made of the Board's examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be filed immediately in the office of the Board as a public record. At the end of each calendar year, the Secretary shall have an annual report of the work of the Board.
(d) Three (3) members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. The Board shall act by resolution, and the concurring vote of three (3) members shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision or determination of the Building Commissioner, or to decide in favor of an applicant any matter upon which it is required to pass under this Planning and Zoning Code, hereinafter the "Code".
(e) The Board may call on City departments for assistance in the performance of its duties, and it shall be the duty of such departments to render such assistance to the Board as may be reasonably required.
(Ord. 7139-99. Passed 7-6-99.)