(a) Every person appointed as a member of the permit and license appeal board must attend a one-day training course before hearing an appeal under Section 2-96 of this chapter or a request for an exemption from locational restrictions under Section 14-2.3, 14-2.4, or 41A-14 of this code, whichever applies. The training course will include, but not be limited to:
(1) an orientation session concerning the powers and duties of the permit and license appeal board and the procedures and requirements for hearing appeals and requests for exemptions from locational restrictions;
(2) instruction in the city’s ordinances governing the various licenses and permits issued by the city that may be involved in appeals to the permit and license appeal board;
(3) instruction concerning locational restrictions contained in Chapters 14 and 41A of this code and the procedures and requirements for obtaining exemptions from those restrictions; and
(4) a mock hearing or an observation of an actual hearing.
(b) A person who fails to attend the one-day training course within 90 days from the date of appointment as a member of the permit and license appeal board shall forfeit that position with the city, and that position becomes vacant. (Ord. Nos. 23386; 23736; 25002)