§ 5-1. Codes, appeals and advisory board.

(a)

Membership, qualifications, terms. There is hereby created a seven-member board to be known as a codes, appeals and advisory board which shall be composed of two (2) members holding certificates of registration as an electrical contractor or master electrician, two (2) persons holding licenses as plumbing contractors or master plumbers, two (2) persons with building construction experience and one (1) member of the general public. Three (3) members shall have terms expiring in even numbered years and four (4) shall have terms expiring in odd numbered years. Terms shall be for two (2) years except for initial appointments. Members may be reappointed after expiration of the terms. Members shall be appointed by the governing body and shall elect a chairman from their membership who shall have the same voting rights as any other member. There shall be two (2) alternate lay members who shall have the right to vote in the absence of regular members. Alternate members shall have terms of one (1) year. Four (4) members of the codes, appeals and advisory board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Any action at any meeting shall require the affirmative vote of at least four (4) members.

(b)

Appeals . Any person may appeal an interpretation of the electrical, building, residential, energy, mechanical, plumbing, fuel gas, property maintenance or fire codes or the disapproval or refusal of any permit authorized by any of such codes by filing a written notice of appeal with the official who made the interpretation or who refused or disapproved a permit. Such notice of appeal must be filed within ten (10) days of the decision being appealed. The board shall hear such appeal within thirty (30) days of the filing of the notice of appeal. Both the official whose decision is being appealed and the party appealing the decision shall be notified of the date and time of such hearing at least seventy-two (72) hours before such hearing. Said notice to the building official and appealing party may be by mail, telephone or facsimile; however, the meeting will meet the requirements of state law and the Open Meetings Act insofar as public notice. The board shall decide such matter within fourteen (14) calendar days of such hearing. The board is authorized to exercise those powers granted to the board of appeals for the particular code relevant to the matter being appealed.

The code appeals and advisory board shall also have jurisdiction to hear appeals concerning the designation by the police chief of a multi-family dwelling community as a required participant in the mandatory crime reduction program. The process shall be as set out in the sections in this chapter, Article XI, Mandatory Multi-family Dwelling Crime Reduction Program.

The codes, appeals and advisory board is designated to hear those appeals as set forth in Article XII, Housing Code.

(c)

Amendments . The board shall review all proposed code amendments to the building, residential, plumbing, fuel gas, mechanical, energy, pools and spas, fire, electrical and property maintenance codes prior to their consideration by the city council.

(Ord. No. 2347, § 2, 12-13-16)