<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 4-32. - Animal control board of appeals.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               There is hereby created a board of appeals to have an exercise the following powers:
               
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               (1)
               
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               To hear and decide appeals from any order, requirement, decision, or determination
               made by the enforcement officer in the enforcement of this city;
               
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               (2)
               
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               To hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of this section upon which such
               board of appeals under such regulations may be required to pass; and
               
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               (3)
               
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               To hear and decide specific variances.
               
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               (b)
               
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               The board of appeals shall consist of five members (one commissioner, one veterinarian,
               and three at-large) appointed by the Martin County Commissioners, and three alternate
               membersâ€”one commissioner alternate, one veterinarian alternate, and one at-large alternate
               member appointed by the Martin County Commissioners. Each shall serve for a term of
               three years until a successor is duly appointed and qualified. Of the members first,
               appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, two for a term of two years,
               and two for a term of three years. Members shall be removable by the appointing authority
               for cause, upon written charges, after a public hearing.
               
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               (c)
               
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               The board of appeals shall adopt rules for its governance in harmony with the provisions
               of this section. 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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               (d)
               
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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 section.
               
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               (e)
               
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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 section, or to effect variation to this section.
               
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               (f)
               
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               The board of county commissioners shall adopt a policy, which may be amended from
               time to time, governing the appointment of animal control board of appeals members
               and any additional processes necessary to carry out appeals in a fair and equitable
               manner.
               
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               (Ord. of
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                  08-08-2018(1)
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               , Â§ IX)
               
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