(A) There is created a Board of Adjustment to have and exercise the following powers:
(1) To hear and decide appeals from any order, requirement, decision or determination made by the Joint Airport Zoning Board in the enforcement of this subchapter;
(2) To hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of this subchapter upon which such Board of Adjustment under such regulations may be required to pass; and
(3) To hear and decide specific variances.
(B) The Board of Adjustment shall consist of five members appointed by the Joint Airport Zoning Board as prescribed in the provisions of Tex. Local Government Code Ch. 241; and each member shall serve for a term of two years and shall be removable for cause by the appointing authority upon written charges, after a public hearing.
(C) The Board of Adjustment shall adopt rules for its governance and procedure in harmony with the provisions of this subchapter. Meetings of the Board of Adjustment shall be held at the call of the Chairperson and at such times as the Board of Adjustment may determine. The Chairperson or, in his or her absence, the acting Chairperson may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All hearings of the Board of Adjustment shall be public. The Board of Adjustment shall keep 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 immediately be filed in the office of the County Clerk and shall be a public record.
(D) The Board of Adjustment shall make written findings of fact and conclusions of law giving the facts upon which it acted and its legal conclusions from such facts in reversing, affirming or modifying any order, requirement, decision or determination which comes before it under the provisions of this subchapter.
(E) The concurring vote of four members of the Board of Adjustment shall be sufficient to reverse any order, requirement, decision or determination of the Joint Airport Zoning Board or to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which it is required to pass under this subchapter, or to effect any variation in this subchapter.
(2012 Code, § 14-78)