(A) As required by 3 O.S. § 110, there is hereby created a Board of Adjustment to have and exercise the following powers:
(1) To hear and decide appeals from any other requirement, decision, or determination made by the Joint Airport Zoning Board, in the enforcement of this chapter;
(2) To hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of this chapter upon which such Board of Adjustment under such regulations may be required to pass; and
(3) To hear and decide specific variances.
(B) The Board of Adjustment shall consist of five members appointed by the Joint Airport Zoning Board and each shall serve for a term of three years until a successor is duly appointed and qualified. Of the members first appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years, and one for a term of five years. Members shall be removable by the appointed authority for cause, upon written charges, after a public hearing.
(C) The Board of Adjustment shall adopt rules for its governance and in harmony with the provisions of this chapter. Meetings of the Board of Adjustment shall be held at the call of the Chairperson and at such other times as the Board of Adjustment may determine. The Chairperson, or in the absence of the Chairperson, the Acting Chairperson, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All hearings of the Board of Adjustment shall be public and comply with the open meetings act. The Board of Adjustment shall keep minutes of its proceedings showing the vote of each member upon each question, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall immediately be filed in the office of the Board and shall be a public record.
(D) The Board of Adjustment shall make written findings of facts and conclusions on law giving the facts upon which it acted and its legal conclusions from such facts in reversing, affirming, or modifying any order, requirement, decision, or determination which comes before it under the provisions of this chapter.
(E) The concurring vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Adjustment shall be sufficient to reverse any order, requirement, decision, or determination of the Joint Airport Zoning Board, or to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which it is required to pass under this chapter, or to effect variation to this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 12-609) (Ord. 02-01, passed 2-4-2002)