(A) There is hereby established a Zoning Board of Appeals consisting of nine members appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City Council. One member of the Board of Appeals shall be a member of the Planning Commission. The members of the Board now serving shall serve the terms for which they were appointed and confirmed. Subsequent terms of all members shall be for a period of three years. Members shall be citizens of the United States, and residents and freeholders in the city. Their compensation, if any, shall be established by the City Council.
(B) The City Council may also appoint not more than two alternate members for the same term as regular members of the Board of Appeals. The alternate members may be called on a rotating basis to sit as regular members of the Board of Appeals in the absence of a regular member. An alternate member may also be called to serve in the place of a regular member for the purpose of reaching a decision on a case in which the regular member has abstained for reasons of conflict of interest. The alternate member having been appointed shall serve on the case until a final decision had been made. The alternate member shall have the same voting rights as a regular member of the Board of Appeals.
(Prior Code, App. A, § 2700) (Ord. 1277, passed 4-2-2007)