<div class="chunk-title">SECTION IX. - BOARD OF APPEALS</div>
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               There is hereby created a Board of Appeals to have an exercise the following powers:
               (1) to hear and decide appeals from any order, requirement, decision, or determination
               made by the Enforcement Officer in the enforcement of this Ordinance; (2) to hear
               and decide special exceptions to the terms of this Ordinance upon which such Board
               of Appeals under such regulations may be required to pass; and (3) to hear and decide
               specific variances.
               
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               The Board of Appeals shall consist of five (5) members appointed by the Martin County
               Commissioners and each shall serve for a term of three (3) years until a successor
               is duly appointed and qualified. Of the members first, appointed, one (1) shall be
               appointed for a term of one (1) year, two (2) for a term of two (2) years, and two
               (2) for a term of three (3) years. Members shall be removable by the appointing authority
               for cause, upon written charges, after a public hearing.
               
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               3.
               
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               The Board of Appeals shall adopt rules for its governance in harmony with the provisions
               of this Ordinance. Meetings of the Board of Appeals shall be held at the call of the
               Chairperson and at such other times as the Board of Appeals may determine. The Chairperson
               or, in the absence of the Chairperson, the Acting Chairperson may administer oaths
               and compel the attendance of witnesses. All hearings of the Board of Appeals shall
               be public. The Board of Appeals shall keep minutes of its proceedings showing the
               vote of each member upon each question; or if absent or failing to vote, indicating
               such fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions,
               all of which shall immediately be filed in the office of the Enforcement Officer and
               on due cause shown.
               
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               The Board of Appeals shall make written findings of facts and conclusions of law giving
               the facts upon which it acted and its legal conclusions from such facts in reversing,
               affirming, or modifying any order, requirements, decision, or determination which
               comes before it under the provisions of this Ordinance.
               
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               5.
               
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               The concurring vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Appeals shall be
               sufficient to reverse any order, requirement, decision, or determination of the Enforcement
               Officer or decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which it is required
               to pass under this Ordinance, or to effect variation to this Ordinance.
               
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               (
               <a class="ordinance-link" href="" data-product-id="15271" data-ordinance-id="673028">
                  Ord. of 10-8-2014(1)
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               )
               
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