A Board of Zoning Appeals is hereby established and shall consist of five members to be appointed by Council, all of whom shall be freeholders and residents of the City, and three of whom shall have been residents of the City for at least five years prior to the time of their appointment. No member of the Board of Zoning Appeals shall be a member of the Planning Commission, nor shall any member hold other elective or appointive office in the City. The members of the Board shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. The governing body of the City may appoint up to three additional members to serve as alternate members of the BZA. An alternate member shall service 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 matters to which the alternate member was initially called on to serve. The alternate members must meet the same eligibility requirements as set out for regular members. The term for an alternate member is three years. The governing body may appoint alternate members on a staggered term schedule. An alternate member shall have the same powers and duties of a regular board member.
(Ord. 405. Passed 2-17-15.)