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The design review board of the City
of Davenport is hereby established. The word "board", when used in
this chapter, means the design review board.
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All members of the board shall be
legal residents of the City of Davenport or own a property within
the C-D Downtown Zoning District, C-V Village of East Davenport Zoning
District or C-E Elmore Corners Zoning District.
[Amended 5-11-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-244; Ord. No. 2019-02 § 3]
The board shall consist of 9 members.
An interest in urban planning, urban design and City development or
experience as an architect, urban designer, urban planner, architectural
historian, landscape architect, civil or structural engineer, real
estate development professional, contractor or similar occupation
is preferred.
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Members shall serve without compensation.
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Members shall be appointed by the
Mayor, with the approval of the City Council.
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Members shall serve terms of three
years, provided however that all members shall hold over until their
successors are appointed and approved. Appointments shall be staggered
such that no more than four members are appointed and approved each
year. Appointments for nonreappointed members shall begin from the
date of the expired term of the non-reappointed member.
Vacancies occurring on the board,
other than those due to the normal expiration of term of office, shall
be filled only for the unexpired portion of the former member's term.
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A member shall forfeit his or her
appointment to the board if he or she changes their legal residence
to outside the City's corporate limits, no longer owns a property
within the C-D Downtown Zoning District, C-V Village of East Davenport
Zoning District or C-E Elmore Comers Zoning District or fails to attend
in person at least two-thirds of all regularly scheduled meetings
during the calendar year.
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Meetings shall be held at regularly
scheduled times and location as determined by the board. All meetings
shall be open to the public. Special meetings may be called by the
chairperson or upon written request by three members of the board.
Special meetings shall be held at the time and location as determined
by the chairperson or three requesting members of the board. All meetings
shall be in accordance with Iowa Open Meetings Law, Iowa Code, Chapter
21.
A public record of meetings shall
contain the minutes, attendance records, voting results and summaries
of all pertinent action of the board. A copy shall be filed with the
City of Davenport community planning and economic development department
for public review.
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The presence of a majority of the
official members of the board shall constitute a quorum to legally
transact board business.
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The board shall have and exercise
all the powers and privileges and shall perform the duties and conduct
as established by state law, or as same may be from time to time amended
and the provisions thereof being incorporated herein by reference,
and such other powers and duties as may from time to time be conferred
by or imposed upon it by law. The board shall hold public meetings
and make final decisions on design approvals, demolitions within the
C-D Downtown Zoning District and C-V Village of East Davenport Zoning
District and to make recommendations on applications for encroachments
into and over the public right-of-way.
The board shall adopt its own rules
of procedure not in conflict with this Chapter or with the Iowa Code.
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It shall be the duty of all City
officers and employees of the City to provide assistance to the board
and its members as this will enable the board to most effectively
perform its duties. City officers and employees of the City are authorized
and directed to furnish to the board, upon its request, records, documents,
other information which the board may need for its consideration in
connection with its duties.
