§ 14.04.040. Board of appeals.

All sections in the respective 2016 codes pertaining to the Board of Appeals are hereby amended in their entirety to read as follows:

In order to hear and decide appeals or orders and determine the suitability of alternate materials and methods of construction and to provide for reasonable interpretations of the provisions of these Codes, there shall be and there is hereby created a Board of Appeals, composed of the Mayor and the City Council.

The city clerk shall be the secretary to the Board. The Board may adopt reasonable rules and regulations for conducting its investigations and shall render all its decisions and findings on contested matters, in writing to the building official, with a duplicate copy thereof to any appellant or contestant affected by any such decision of findings, and may recommend to the City Council such new legislation, if any, as is consistent therewith.

The City Council may prescribe by resolution, to employ at the cost and expense of the City, such qualified individuals as the Board, in its discretion, may deem reasonably necessary in order to assist it in its investigations and in making its findings and decisions.

(Ord. No. 7289, § 3(G), 12-12-2016)