(A) The Board of Adjustment shall consist of the members of the Planning Commission.
(B) The Board of Adjustment shall elect a Chairperson and a Vice-Chairperson from among its members. It shall adopt rules or bylaws for the transaction of its business and shall keep a permanent record of its proceedings, findings, and determinations. The Board of Adjustment shall cause all such records of its proceedings, findings, and determinations to be filed at the City Hall.
(C) The meeting of the Board of Adjustment shall be held as specified in the rules or bylaws, and at other such times as the Chairperson of the Board of Adjustment shall deem necessary and appropriate.
(D) The Board of Adjustment shall have the exclusive power concerning the following:
(1) To hear and decide any appeal from an order, requirement, decision, or determination made by the Zoning Administrator;
(2) To interpret any Management District boundary on the official zoning map;
(3) All decisions by the Board of Adjustment in granting variances, or in hearing any appeals from administrative order, requirement, decision, or determination shall be final, except that any aggrieved person, department, agency, Board of Commission shall have the right to appeal to the District Court within 30 days after receipt of the notice of the decision made by the Board of Adjustment.
(E) The Board of Adjustment and Appeals authorizes the Planning Commission, in its advisory role, to make the necessary findings for variance and appeals. The Board of Adjustment maintains authority to grant variances from the strict enforcement of standards and provisions prescribed by this chapter. Variances shall only be granted based upon the criterion prescribed in § 150.287.
(Ord. passed 4-10-2017)