The board of adjustment shall adopt bylaws and rules governing its organization and meetings, and the bylaws shall be subject to the approval of the governing body of the city and shall not be inconsistent with the ordinances of the city and the laws of the state. It shall be the duty of the chairperson to call a meeting of the board to pass upon and determine all variances and appeals and all other matters upon which it is the duty of the board to act. The board shall meet at any other times as it may prescribe in its rules. The chairperson of the board, or in his/her absence, the acting chairperson, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings of the board shall be open to the public. The board shall keep minutes of all 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 examination of other artificial actions, all of which shall be immediately filed in the offices of the city clerk and shall be of public record.
(Ord. 1178 § 2.3.3, 1987)