1301.21 BOARD OF APPEALS.
(a) Except as may be otherwise specifically required by one or more of the technical codes adopted by the City pursuant to the provisions of Ohio R.C. 731.231, the City Planning Commission is hereby designated to be the Board of Appeals for any and all matters within the jurisdiction of the Bureau.
(b) The Board shall adopt its own rules and regulations of procedure and keep a record of its proceedings which shall show the action taken by the Board and the vote of each member present upon each question considered. Interpretations of codes made by the Board and policies established by the Board, where the same are not otherwise provided by law, shall be binding upon the Bureau. Four votes shall be required to establish every decision of the Board.
(c) The Board shall meet at least once each month at a regular time and fixed place. All meetings shall be open to the public. Executive sessions of the Board shall be permitted, but no decision of the Board shall be made in executive session other than upon internal administrative matters.
(d) The Board shall hear and decide appeals de novo, and shall review on appeal any order, requirement, determination or decision made by the Bureau.
(Ord. 65-168. Passed 4-20-65.)