§ 13-15. Board of adjustments and appeals.  


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  • (a)

    Pursuant to chapter 10, "building code", article ii, the building board of adjustments and appeals" and its rules, definitions, and procedures set therein, shall govern the board of adjustments and appeals of this chapter 13.

    (b)

    The building board of adjustments and appeals, hereinafter, "board of adjustments and appeals" shall act upon such matters as it is required or authorized to consider by ordinance or state law.

    (c)

    The board of adjustments and appeals shall hear appeals from decisions of the building official, the fire code official, or code official.

    (d)

    The board of adjustments and appeals shall hear and act upon the provisions and requests for interpretations of chapter 13, of the city code and the provisions of the international code council. An application for appeal shall be based on a claim that the true intent of chapter 13, of the city code and the provisions of the international code council have been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of said codes do not fully apply or an equally good or better form of construction or an equivalent method of protection or safety is proposed.

    (e)

    The board of adjustments and appeals shall review, research, evaluate materials presented to it and make and present recommendations of this Code to the city council regarding chapter 13.

(Ord. No. 10-036, § 3, 4-22-10; Ord. No. 13-016, § 2, 3-14-13 )

Editor's note

Ord. No. 13-016 , § 2, adopted March 14, 2013, amended the title of § 13-15. Previously § 13-15 was titled board of appeals and adjustments.