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AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 1796 with
reference to the Board of Adjustment.
The City Council of the City of Port Angeles do ordain
as follows:
1. Section 2 of Ordinance 1796 is amended to read as
follows:
"Section 2. Meetings of the Board shall be held
at least once each month, and at such times as the
Chairman of the Board may determine, provided that
if no application over which the Board has juris-
diction is pending before the Board, the meeting
may be cancelled by the Chairman. There shall be
a fixed place of meeting and all regular board
meetings shall be open to the public. The pre-
sence of three members shall be necessary to con-
stitute a quorum."
2. Section 5 of Ordinance 1796 is amended to read as
follows:
"Section 5. In deciding any of the matters referred
to in Sections 3 and 4 of this Ordinance, the Board
shall issue a written report in the form of the
Board minutes within fourteen days of its decision
giving the reasons for its decision."
3. Section 7 of Ordinance 1796 is amended to read as
follows:
"Section 7. Any person or persons aggrieved, or
any officer, official of any department or commission
of the City, jointly or severally, may file a written
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petition with the Board for a review of the Build-
ing Inspector's interpretation of the provisions
of this ordinance. Such petition shall be filed with
the office of the City Clerk within ten (10) days
after the petitioner shall receive either written
or oral notice of the interpretation of any provi-
sion of the zoning ordinance by which petitioner
shall deem himself to be aggrieved. Such petition
shall set forth the provisions of the zoning ordinance
which the Building Inspector has interpreted, the
Building Inspector's interpretation thereof, the
petitioner's interpretation of the same and the
reasons why the petitioner believes the interpreta-
tion of the Building Inspector to be incorrect. Such
petition shall contain the name or names of all ag-
grieved parties and the names of all attorneys or
agents representing such aggrieved parties together
with the mailing address of such parties, their agents
and attorneys. The City Clerk shall transmit said
petition to the secretary of the Board prior to the
next regular meeting of the Board. The secretary of
the Board shall present the petition to the Board at
their next regular meeting and the Board, at such
meeting, shall fix a date for the hearing on said
petition which date shall not be less than ten (10)
days nor more than sixty (60) days from the date upon
which said petition was presented to the Board. At
least ten (10) days prior to the date fixed for such
hearing the secretary of the Board shall cause to
be mailed to the petitioners or their agents or attor-
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neys, at the respective addresses shown on the peti-
tion, a notice of the time and place of the hearing on
said petition. At such hearing the petitioner may ap-
pear in person, by agent or by attorney. All city
officials and other interested persons may be heard
at such hearing in support of or oppostion of such
petition.
The Board may initiate a review of the Building
Inspector's interpretation of the provisions of the
zoning ordinance by affirmative vote of a majority
of the entire Board.
The Board may affirm or reverse the interpretation
of the provisions of the zoning ordinance made by the
Building Inspector, and any order, requirement deci-
sion, or determination relating thereto; and the
Board's decision shall be based upon the record and the
findings in each case, and to that end it shall have
all of the powers of the Building Inspector. Unless a
majority of the entire Board vote in favor of reversing
the decision of the Building Inspector such decision
shall stand affirmed. The Board shall maintain in the
office of the Building inspector full and complete
written records of all decisions involving the inter-
pretation of the provisions of this ordinance, which
records shall be open to public inspection during all
regular business hours."
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
and approved by its Mayor at a regular meeting of the Council
held on the .,:41.44 day of November, 1973.
Attest :"
City-Clerk
Approved as to form:
ity Attorne
PUBLISHED: NOV, ?.8} a7�3