(a) Creation. A Board of Zoning Appeals is hereby created. Such Board shall consist of five members of Council, excluding the president pro temp. The terms of all members shall be one year commencing the first day of January of each year. Each member shall serve until his/her successor is appointed and qualified.
(Ord. 2000-02. Passed 2-14-00.)
(b) Organization. The Board of Zoning Appeals shall organize and adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance. At the first meeting of each year, the Board shall elect a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary. The secretary need not be a member of the Board. Meetings of the Board shall be held at the call of the chairman or three members of the Board. The chairman, or in his absence, the acting chairman, may administer oaths, if necessary, and the Board shall be open to the public and all business of the Board shall be transacted at such meetings. The Board may go into executive session, but not vote on any case before it. The Board shall keep the minutes of its proceedings showing the vote of each member upon each question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be immediately filed in the office of the Board, and shall be a public record.
(c) Quorum. Three members of the Board of Zoning Appeals shall constitute a quorum. The Board shall act by resolution, and the concurring vote of three members of the Board shall be necessary to reverse any order or determination of the Building and Zoning Inspector, or to decide in favor of an applicant in any matter of which the Board has original jurisdiction under this Zoning Ordinance or to grant a variance from the requirements stipulated in this Ordinance.
(d) Applications for Variance. An application for a variance, or an appeal from any decision of the Building and Zoning Inspector, may be taken by any property owner, including a tenant, governmental officer, department, board, or authorized agent of a property owner, such application shall be filed with the Building and Zoning Inspector, Board chairman or Board secretary, on a form prescribed for that purpose by the Board of Zoning Appeals who shall transmit the same to the Board. A fee as established in Section 1127.03 shall accompany any application for a variance. (Ord. 1986-06. Passed 6-9-86.)