(A) (1) The Board of Zoning Adjustment shall, at the scheduled time and as specified in the notice of hearing to abate, proceed to hear and consider any relevant testimony or evidence offered by the Director, Chief, Health Officer or other officials or employees of the city and other qualified witnesses, as well as the owner or responsible person in charge and control of the affected property, or his or her representatives, mortgagee or beneficiary under any trust deed, lessee, any other person having any estate or interest in the building, structure or premises and any other competent person who may be present and desire to testify respecting the condition of the affected building or structure, the estimated cost of abating the alleged nuisance by repair or removal and any other matters which the Board of Zoning Adjustment may deem pertinent.
(2) The Board of Zoning Adjustment may continue the hearing from time to time as it shall deem advisable. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the Board of Zoning Adjustment shall consider the evidence presented and shall by written resolution make written findings of facts, based upon the evidence, to support its decision and by said same resolution shall make its determination and conclusion with respect to the alleged public nuisance. Failure of the owner or other persons having any interest in the affected property to appear at or be represented at the hearing shall in no way affect the validity thereof.
(B) The hearing shall be informally conducted, and the technical rules of evidence shall not apply, except that irrelevant and unduly repetitious evidence shall be excluded. During the course of the hearing, the Board of Zoning Adjustment may visit and inspect any building, structure or premises involved in the proceeding and may thereat receive oral testimony of any sworn or unsworn witness.
(C) The passage and adoption of the resolution requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of Board of Zoning Adjustment members.
(D) The resolution shall be passed and adopted by the Board of Zoning Adjustment within 30 days of the close of the hearing, and copies thereof shall be delivered to all interested parties, including those enumerated in § 15.56.070 in the manner prescribed in § 15.56.070 for serving notice of hearing to abate.
(`78 Code, § 15.56.090.) (Ord. 1824 § 5, 1987.)