3-5 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
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1. The Board of Adjustment is established to administer appeals,
and shall consist of five members, one member of which shall be a member of the Planning Commission. The members of the Board of Adjustment shall be appointed by the mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council. The City Council may fix per diem compensation for the members of the Board of Adjustment by resolution, based on necessary and reasonable expenses for meetings actually attended.
2. Terms of Office. Each member of the Board of Adjustment shall serve for a term of five years and until his successor is so appointed provided that the term of the members of the first board so appointed shall be such that the term of one member shall expire each year. One member shall be appointed on or before the first Monday in February of each year. Any member may be removed for cause by the mayor upon written charges and after a public hearing before the city council, if such public hearing is requested by member. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the unexpired term.
3. Organization. The board of adjustment shall elect a chairman and may adopt such rules for its own proceedings as are deemed necessary. Meetings of the board shall be held at the call of the chairman and at such other times as the board may determine. The chairman, or in his absence the acting chairman, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings of the board of adjustment shall comply with the requirements of Utah State Code. Open and Public Meetings. The board shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall immediately be filed in the office of the recorder, which shall be the office of the board, and shall be a public record.
4. Powers and Duties. The Board of Adjustment shall hear and decide appeals from zoning decisions applying the zoning ordinance.