2012-021 ORD AMENDING SECTION 7-20 ARTICLE II CHAPTER 7 OF CODE OF ORDINANCES

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members of the Building Board of Appeals. Four of the proposed board members will include an electrician, plumber, mechanical contractor and general contractor. The fifth board member will be an engineer, architect or design professional. The two alternate members shall qualify for one of the previously listed positions. Section 3. That Section 7-20 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read in its entirety as follows: "Sec. 7-20. Building Board of Appeals. (a) Created; composition. There is hereby created a board to be known as the building board of appeals. The board shall be composed of five (5) regular voting members who are appointed by the city council and that are qualified through their individual experience to pass upon matters pertaining to building- and fire code-related issues. The city council shall also appoint two (2) alternate members to serve in the absence of a regular member. The appointed members shall be residents of, or own or operate businesses located within, the City of Paris and shall not be employees of the city. The building official and fire code official shall be ex-officio, non-voting members of the board. (b) Scope and authority of the board. The building board of appeals shall hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions or determinations made by the building official or fire code official relating to the application and interpretation of the technical provisions of the building, existing building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, fuel gas, and fire codes for both residential and commercial construction as adopted by the City of Paris. The board shall not have the authority to waive or modify any of the code provisions as listed or adopted. (c) Appeal procedures. An appeal to the building board of appeals shall be filed within thirty (30) calendar days after the decision of the building official or fire code official is mailed or delivered to the appellant, provided that if the 30th day falls on a Saturday, Sunday or city holiday, the time for filing the appeal shall be extended to the next business day. An application for appeal shall be filed in writing at the office of the building official and shall be based on a claim that the true intent of a code, law or rule legally adopted thereunder has been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of the code, law or rule do not fully apply, or an equally good or better form of construction is proposed. The application for appeal shall state how the building official's or fire code official's order, decision or determination should be modified or reversed. The building board of appeals shall hear the appeal and render a decision within 15 days from receipt of a completed application, which shall be final with respect to the matter presented in the appeal. Such decision shall be filed with the city clerk and a copy shall be mailed or delivered to the appellant. z