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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repealed by Ord.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.
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The board shall consist of five members.
All members shall exhibit strong, positive experience or interest
in urban planning, urban design and City development.
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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 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.
