(a) A Board of Zoning Appeals is hereby established. Such Board shall consist of five members who shall be residents of the City. The members shall be appointed as follows:
One member shall be appointed by the Mayor;
One member shall be appointed by the City Manager;
One member shall be appointed by the City Council; and
Two members shall be appointed as at-large members by City Council.
(b) The terms of the Zoning Board of Appeals members of the Board shall be five years, except that the terms of the members of the first Zoning Board of Appeals shall be one member for one year; one member for two years; one member for three years; one member for four years; and one member for five years. Thereafter, each member shall be appointed for a term of five years and shall continue in office until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled by Council and shall be for the unexpired term.
(c) The Zoning Board of Appeals shall organize and adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of this Housing Code. Meetings of the Board shall be held at the call of the Chairperson and at such other times as the Board may determine. The Chairperson, or, in his or her absence, the Acting-Chairperson, may administer oaths, and the Board may compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings of the Board shall be open to the public and all business of the Board shall be transacted at such meetings. The Board 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 be immediately filed in the office of the Board and be a public record.
(d) Appeals to the Board may be taken by any person aggrieved. Such an appeal shall be taken within twenty days after the decision appealed by filing with the officer from whom the appeal is taken and with the Board a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The officer from whom the appeal is taken shall forthwith transmit to the Board all papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken. The Board shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of the appeal, give ten days notice to the parties in interest, and decide the same within a reasonable time after it is submitted. Upon the hearing, any party may appear in person or by an attorney. Such appeals shall be accompanied by payment of such fees as Council may determine from time to time.
(Ord. 26-95. Passed 9-25-95; Ord. 19-2021. Passed 10-25-21.)