(a) For the purpose of reviewing the building, electrical, plumbing, drainlaying, gas fitting, mechanical, energy conservation, fire and property maintenance codes, the General Board of Appeals shall meet as a committee of the whole and make written suggestions to the governing body regarding any changes or modifications to those codes.
(b) To provide for the prompt resolution of questions, a member from one of the other three person panels may be substituted for an unavailable member of the three person panel to which a hearing is being directed; provided, the substitution is with the consent of all the parties involved in the dispute. Consent to substitution shall not be unreasonably withheld, nor shall it be withheld to foster delay in the hearings. Decisions by any three person panel shall be made by majority vote. If any three person panel should by unanimous vote of all three members determine that the issue involved has a wide reaching effect on the total building industry in the city, the question can then be referred to the full Board of Appeals for hearing and decision.
(Ord. 1629, passed 5-4-2014; Ord. 1772, passed 6-21-2022)