(A) The Appeal Authority (“Hearing Officer”) shall be a single individual, appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the City Council, for a term of three years, and may be appointed for succeeding three-year terms.
(B) The Hearing Officer shall, as a minimum, have such training and experience as will qualify thim or her to conduct administrative or quasi-judicial hearings regarding land use, land development, and regulatory codes dealing with issues related to land use, and have knowledge and familiarity with constitutional due process rights.
(C) The Mayor may remove the Hearing Officer for cause upon receipt of written charges filed against the Hearing Officer, after a public hearing if requested, and upon the advice and consent, of the City Council.
(D) Upon the death, resignation, removal, or disqualification, the position of Hearing Officer shall be promptly filled by a replacement appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council for the unexpired term of the previous Hearing Officer.
(E) The Hearing Officer shall be an independent contractor.
(F) The Mayor may, from time to time, appoint a Hearing Officer pro tempore temporarily when necessitated by the absence, unavailability, incapacity, or disqualification of the regularly-appointed Hearing Officer, upon the advice and consent of the City Council. Each Hearing Officer pro tempore shall, as a minimum, have qualifications similar to those specified in division (B) above.
(Prior Code, § 06.01) (Ord. 2-92, passed - -1992; Ord. 02-2015, passed 1-7-2015)