§ 9-2.2. Board of Appeals.

All sections in the respective codes, including the California Fire Code adopted in Villa Park Municipal Code Chapter XI, pertaining to the Board of Appeal 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, consisting of five members, composed of the Mayor and the other members of the City Council. Said members shall hold their respective membership on said Board of Appeals by reason of, and concurrently with their terms of service as Council Members and shall cease to be such members upon their ceasing to be such Council Members. The Building Official shall be the Secretary of 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 or findings, and may recommend to the City Council such new legislation, if any, as is consistent therewith.

Three members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. The Mayor shall be the presiding officer of the Board and in the Mayor's absence the Mayor Pro-Tempore shall preside. Meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the Brown Act.

The Board shall have the right, subject to such limits as 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. #2002-489, § 1; Ord. #2008-530, § 5; Ord. #2010-554, § 4; Ord. #2013-582, § 4; Ord. #2016-602, § 5)