(A) The city’s Board of Zoning Appeals shall have five members to be appointed by the governing body. Each member of the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals shall be a resident of the city for at least three years preceding his or her appointment. A member cannot be a member of the Planning Commission and cannot hold any other elective or appointive office in the city.
(B) The members shall be appointed for the following terms: one for a term of one year; two for a term of two years; and two for a term of three years. The terms shall expire on January 1 of the first, second, and third years, respectively, following appointment. Thereafter, members shall serve three-year terms. If a vacancy occurs, the governing body shall appoint a member for the unexpired term.
(C) The governing body may appoint up to one additional member to serve as an alternate member of the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals. The alternate member must meet the same eligibility requirements as set out in division (A) above. The term for an alternate member is three years.
(D) An alternate member shall serve on the Board when one of the regular members is unable to serve. The alternate member shall serve until a final determination is made in the matter to which the alternate member was initially called on to serve during the alternate member’s term.
(E) The city’s Board of Zoning Appeals shall establish written rules and procedures for designating an alternate member. An alternate member shall have the same powers and duties of a regular Board member.
(F) The members and alternate members of the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their official duties.
(Ord. passed 6-3-2019)