Subdividers Ordinance

SECTION 11 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT 11.01 CREATION AND MEMBERSHIP A Board of Adjustment is hereby established. The Board consists of five members to be appointed for a term of five years excepting that when the Board is first created one member shall be appointed for a term of five. No member of the City Council, Planning and Zoning Commission, or any City employee may be a member of the Board of Adjustment. At least three of the five must not be involved in the business of purchasing or selling real estate. A Chairperson is elected by a majority vote of the members of the Board. Members of the Board of Adjustment may be removed from office by the City Council for cause upon written charges and after public hearing. Vacancies will be filled by the City Council for the unexpired term of the member affected. 11.02 MEETINGS AND PROCEEDINGS The Board of Adjustment must adopt rules necessary to conduct its affairs, and in keeping with the provisions of this Ordinance. Meetings will be held at the call of the chairperson and at other times as the Board may determine. Members of the Board of Adjustment are not at liberty to discuss any appeals or applications outside the bounds of a meeting, and like judges, they must receive all of the evidence and arguments in the course of a public meeting on the particular issue. The chairperson, or the acting chair, may administer oaths and compel attendance of witnesses by subpoena. All meetings must be open to the public. The Board of Adjustment must keep minutes of its proceedings showing the vote of each member upon each question, or if the member is absent or fails to vote the minutes must indicate that fact. The Board must keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which is a public record and be immediately filed in the office of the City Clerk as a public record. 147 Adopted November 14, 2007