§ 50-82. Members.

(a)

The board of adjustment shall consist of five residents who shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners. In addition to the five regular members of the board of adjustment, the board of county commissioners shall be authorized to appoint two alternate members. The alternate members may be called upon to sit upon the board of adjustment in the temporary absence or disability of any regular member, or may act when a member is otherwise disqualified in a particular case and during such participation, and shall have all the rights and responsibilities of a regular member. No member or alternate member of the board of adjustment shall be a paid or elected official or employee of the county.

(b)

The membership of the board of adjustment shall, if possible, include an architect, a businessman or businesswoman, an engineer, a general contractor, a subcontractor and a realtor. Vacancies in any one of these professions shall be advertised as such, and only in the absence of a qualified volunteer from such profession shall a vacancy be filled by a nonprofessional.

(c)

After the initial appointments to the board of adjustment for staggered terms, appointment of a member of the board of adjustment shall be made for a term of three years. A member may be reappointed upon approval of the board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners shall appoint not more than two alternate members, designating them as such. Such alternates may act in the temporary absence or disability of any regular member upon request by the chairman of the board of county commissioners, or the chair or other member of the board of adjustment.

(d)

Members of the board of adjustment shall serve at the pleasure of the board of county commissioners. A member of the board of adjustment shall be removable by a majority vote of the board of county commissioners.

(e)

Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term of the members whose terms become vacant. Such appointments to fill vacancies shall be made by majority vote of the board of county commissioners and shall be made within 30 days after the vacancy occurs, or as soon thereafter as the appointment can be made.

(Ord. No. 2007-03, § 9, 7-17-2007)