1143.05 PROCEDURE.

   (a)    The Board of Zoning Appeals shall act in strict accordance with the procedures specified by law, including the Zoning Ordinance.

   (b)    The Board shall keep minutes of its proceedings showing the vote of each member upon every question, or if absent or failing to vote, it shall indicate such fact.

   (c)    All appeals and applications made to the Board shall be in writing and on the forms prescribed therefor.  Every appeal or application shall refer to the specified provision of the Zoning Ordinance involved, and shall exactly set forth the interpretation that is claimed, the use for which the certificate or conditional certificate is sought or the details of the variance that is applied for and the grounds on which it is claimed that the variance should be granted, as the case may be.

   (d)    Every decision of the Board shall be by resolution, each of which shall contain a full record of the findings of the Board in the particular case.  Each such resolution shall be filed in the office of the Fiscal Officer by case number under one or another of the following headings: interpretation; certificate; conditional certificate or variances, together with all documents pertaining thereto.  The Board shall notify Council of each special permit and each variance granted under the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance and such notice shall be in writing and filed with the Fiscal Officer within three days of the action taken by such Board.  In the event that the Board finds it necessary to draw upon any planning, legal, engineering or any other expert testimony, the Board shall charge a reasonable fee in order to cover all expenses of such expert testimony. 
(Ord. 1500.  Passed 12-14-99.)