(a) Board meetings. The board of adjustment shall hold regular monthly meetings at a specified time and place. Special meetings of the board may be called at any time by the chairperson or by request of three or more members of the board. At least 48 hours' written notice of the time and place of meetings shall be given, by the chairperson, to each member of the board. All board meetings are to be held in accordance with G.S. ch. 143, art. 33C (G.S. 143-318.9 et seq.), commonly referred to as the Open Meetings Act.
(b) Cancellation of meetings. Whenever there are no appeals, applications for special uses or variances, or other business for the board, or whenever so many members notify the clerk of inability to attend that a quorum will not be available, the chairperson may dispense with a meeting by giving written or oral notice to all members.
(c) Quorum. A quorum shall consist of three members of the board, but the board shall not pass upon any questions relating to an application for a variance when there are less than four members present.
(d) Voting. The concurring vote of four-fifths of the board shall be necessary to grant a variance. A majority of the members shall be required to decide all other issues before the board, including any other quasi-judicial matter or an appeal made in the nature of certiorari. Vacant positions on the board and members who are disqualified from voting on a quasi-judicial matter shall not be considered members of the board for calculation of the requisite majority if there are no qualified alternates available to take the place of such members.
(Code 1989, § 92.084; Ord. of 1-22-1991; Ord. of 10-8-2013; Ord. No. 21-05-11, 5-11-2021)