[Amended 7-10-2007 by Doc. 76]
The Board of Appeals created by Chapter 38 is hereby constituted the Board of Appeals with jurisdiction
to hear and determine matters arising under MGL c. 40A, § 12
et seq., and under this article, unless otherwise provided for by
this Code.
The members of the Board of Appeals shall serve
without compensation, and it shall have no authority to incur indebtedness
beyond the limits of any appropriation therefor previously made by
the City Council.
The Board of Appeals shall keep in books provided
for that purpose full and complete records and accounts of its receipts
and expenditures from all sources and for all purposes, of plans,
petitions and other matters referred to it. All such records and accounts
shall at all times be open to the inspection of the City Council,
the Mayor and the Auditor of Accounts.
The Board of Appeals shall annually on or before
the first day of July make a complete report of its acts, plans and
recommendations, of its receipts and expenditures, during the preceding
municipal year, to the City Council, together with such other matters
as are required by Chapter 41 of the General Laws, as amended.