(A) The existing City Board of Zoning Appeals, consisting of five members, shall be retained in accordance with the provisions of IC 36-7-4-902(a) and IC 36-7-4-905:
(l) Three citizen members appointed by the Mayor, of whom one must be a member of the Plan Commission and two must not be members of the Plan Commission.
(2) One citizen member appointed by the City Council who must not be a member of the Plan Commission.
(3) One member appointed by the Plan Commission from the Plan Commission’s membership who must be a citizen member of the Plan Commission other than the member appointed under division (1) above.
(B) Terms of office shall be determined as follows:
(1) One member for a term of one year.
(2) One member for a term of two years.
(3) One member for a term of three years.
(4) Two members for terms of four years.
(5) The terms shall expire on the first Monday of January of the first, second, third, or fourth year, respectively, following their appointment.
(6) Thereafter, as terms expire, each new appointment shall be for a term of four years. (IC 36-7-4-906)
(C) If a vacancy occurs among the memberships of the Board of Zoning Appeals, the city’s chief executive shall appoint a member for the unexpired term of the vacating member. (IC 36-7-4-907)
(D) The Board of Appeals shall elect its own chair and vice chair at the first meeting of each year. The vice chair may act as chair during the absence or disability of the chair. (IC 36-7-4-912)
(IC 36-7-4-912)
(E) Meetings of the Board shall be open to the public, minutes shall be kept of proceedings, showing the action of the Board and the vote of each member on each question, or if absent or failing to vote, indicating that fact, and records shall be made of the Board's examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be filed immediately in the office of the Board as a public record.
(IC 36-7-4-915)
(F) A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum. The Board shall act by resolution, and the concurring vote of a majority of the members shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision, or determination of the Zoning Administrator, or to decide in favor of an applicant any matter on which it is required to pass under this chapter, or to effect any variation in the requirements of this chapter.
(IC 36-7-4-910 and 36-7-4-911)
(G) The Board may call on municipal departments for assistance in the performance of its duties, and it shall be the duty of such department to render such assistance to the Board as may reasonably be required.
(Am. Ord. 2022-10, passed 5-10-22)