The city hereby establishes an administrative appeals officer pursuant to Utah Code Annotated section 10-9a-103(2), as amended, to hear requests for variances from this title and other specified appeals as set forth in this title.
A. Appointment: The administrative appeals board shall consist of one individual, appointed by the city manager, with the advice and consent of the city council, for a term of three (3) years and thereafter may be appointed for succeeding three (3) year terms. A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term of the previous officer.
B. Qualifications: The officer shall, as a minimum, have such training and experience as will qualify him to conduct administrative or quasi-judicial hearings regarding land use, land development, and regulatory codes dealing with issues related to land use and have knowledge and familiarity with constitutional due process rights.
C. Removal: The city manager may remove an administrative appeals officer upon the advice and consent of the city council.
D. Reappointment: In the case of death, resignation, removal or disqualification, the position of an administrative appeals officer shall be promptly filled by a replacement appointed by the city manager with the advice and consent of the city council for the unexpired term of the previous officer.
E. Pro Tempore Appointments: The city manager may, from time to time, appoint an administrative appeals officer pro tempore on a temporary basis when necessitated by the absence, unavailability, incapacity or disqualification of the regularly appointed officer, upon the advice and consent of the city council. Each officer pro tempore shall, as a minimum, have qualifications which are similar to those specified in subsection B of this section. (Ord. 2012-15, 9-20-2012)