A Board of Zoning Adjustment is hereby established and vested with such administrative authority as is hereinafter provided. The Board shall consist of five (5) members of the City Planning Commission. The City Engineer and Zoning Administrator shall be ex officio members. Members shall be appointed by the chairman of the City Planning Commission, approved by the Mayor and Council and shall be appointed for terms coinciding with terms on the Planning Commission. The Board shall serve without compensation. Members of the Planning Commission who are not appointed as members of the Board of Zoning Adjustment shall be alternate members of the Board of Zoning Adjustment with the right to serve as members of that Board at any meeting where all appointed members of the Board are not present. When so acting, an alternate member shall serve as a substitute for an absent member of the Board of Zoning Adjustment with all authority of a member of the Board. Any appointed member of the Board of Zoning Adjustment who does not expect to be present at a called or regular meeting of the Board of Zoning Adjustment shall secure an alternate member to serve in his or her place. (Ord. 639, 7-21-1986; amd. 1998 Code)