<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 8-63. - Board of appeals.</div>
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               (a)
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               There is hereby created a board of appeals to have and exercise the following powers
               to hear and decide:
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               (1)
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               Appeals from any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by the county
               board of commissioners in the enforcement of this article;
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               (2)
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               Special exceptions to the terms of this article upon which such board of appeals under
               such regulations may be required to pass; and
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               (3)
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               Specific variances.
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               (b)
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               The board of appeals shall consist of the county board of commissioners.
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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 article. 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 county board of commissioners
               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, requirement, decision, or determination which comes
               before it under the provisions of this article.
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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 county
               board of commissioners or decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which
               it is required to pass under this article, or to effect variation to this article.
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               (Ord. of 5-21-2001, Â§ IV)
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