Construction Board of Appeals

Purpose: To hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by the building official relative to the application and interpretation of the building code.

Enabling Legislation: Building Code

A mandated board with the following responsibilities:
In order to hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by the building official relative to the application and interpretation of this code, there shall be and is hereby created a board of appeals. The building official shall be an ex officio member of said board but shall have no vote on any matter before the board. The board of appeals shall be appointed by the governing body and shall hold office at its pleasure. The board shall adopt rules of procedure for conducting its business and shall render all decisions and findings in writing to the appellant with a duplicate copy to the building official.

Each applicable, adopted building code has this section within its respective administration chapter. Where the phrase “this code” exists, the applicable code would be inserted as a reference.