(a) The Board of Zoning Appeals shall act according to the procedure specified by law, including this Zoning Code.
(b) The Board shall keep minutes of its proceedings showing the vote for each member on all questions, or if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact.
(c) All applications for appeals, variances, conditional uses, exceptions, nonconforming uses, and temporary uses shall be made to the Board of Zoning Appeals in writing and on any forms prescribed therefor. All applications shall set forth the reason the appeal, variance, conditional use, exception, nonconforming use, or temporary use should be granted.
(d) Every decision of the Board shall be by resolution, each of which shall contain a full record of the findings of the Board of Zoning Appeals, together with all documents pertaining thereto, and shall be a public record.
(e) Fees, as prescribed in this Zoning Code, shall be paid in full prior to any action by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(f) In the event that the Board of Zoning Appeals will find it necessary to draw upon any planning, legal, engineering, or any other expert testimony, such services and the fees therefor may be required of the applicant as a part of the application.
(g) No action shall be taken on any request for any appeal, variance, conditional use, exception, or nonconforming use, prior to a public hearing.
(Ord. 19-83. Passed 4-4-83; Ord. 75-96. Passed 11-18-96.)