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Editor's Note: Former Chapter 2.66, Cable Commission, was repealed by Ord. No. 2013-163.
[Ord. No. 2019-02 § 3]
The Zoning Board of Adjustment of the City of Davenport is hereby established. The word "board", when used in this chapter, means the zoning board of adjustment.
[Ord. No. 2019-02 § 3]
All members of the board shall be legal residents of the City of Davenport.
[Ord. No. 2019-02 § 3]
The board shall consist of five members. All members shall exhibit strong, positive experience or interest in urban planning, urban design and City development.
[Ord. No. 2019-02 § 3]
Members shall serve terms of five 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 one member is appointed and approved each year. Appointments for non- reappointed 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 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 commission. Special meetings shall be held at the time and location as determined by the chairperson or three requesting members of the commission. 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 commission. 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 commission shall constitute a quorum to legally transact commission 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 hearings and make final decisions on special use, hardship variance and zoning appeal applications.
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.