(A) A Board of Adjustment is established by the City Council.
(B) The Board of Adjustment shall consist of five members and four alternate members who are registered voters in the city and property owners in the city. Members and alternate members shall serve for a term of two years each or until their respective successors are qualified. Alternate members shall serve in the absence of one or more regular members when requested to do so. No member shall serve more than three full consecutive terms on the Board of Adjustment.
(C) During the month of September of each year, or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, the City Council shall appoint members to fill all vacancies expected to occur on the Board of Adjustment during the succeeding 12 month period. The term of each member shall begin on January 1 of the year following in which the member was appointed.
(D) Vacancies on the Board of Adjustment shall be filled as follows.
(1) Alternate members shall take the oath of office and shall be called to serve whenever a quorum of regular members is not expected. Alternate members shall be called for service in the order named by the City Council. Alternate members are encouraged to attend the Zoning Board of Adjustment hearings when not scheduled to serve.
(2) If a vacancy shall occur in the regular members, the first eligible alternate member shall proceed to serve the unexpired term of the vacant seat, and the Chair shall thereupon send notice to the City Council, with a request to appoint an additional alternate member.
(E) The Board shall adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter. Meetings of the Board shall be held at the call of the chairman and at such other times as the Board may determine. Such chairman or, in his absence, the acting chairman may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings of the Board will be open to the public. 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 shall be public record. The concurring vote of four members of the Board shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision, or determination of any administrative official, or to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which it is required to pass under any such ordinance, or to effect any variation in such ordinance.
(Ord. 2001-36, passed 11-13-01)