How Constituted. The Board of Appeals shall consist of five (5) members
appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation of the Common Council,
for terms of three (3) years. The members of the Board shall serve
without compensation and shall be removable by the Mayor for cause
upon written charges and after public hearing. The terms of not more
than two (2) members shall expire in any one calendar year. The Mayor
shall designate one (1) of the members Chairman. Vacancies shall be
filled for the unexpired terms of members whose terms become vacant.
The Mayor shall appoint, for staggering terms of three (3) years,
two (2) alternate members of such Board, in addition to the five (5)
members above provided for. Annually, the Mayor shall designate one
of the alternate members as "first alternate" and the other as "second
alternate." The first alternate shall act, with full power, only when
a member of the Board refuses to vote because of interest or when
a member is absent. The second alternate shall so act only when the
first alternate so refuses or is absent or when more than one member
of the Board refuses or is absent. The above provisions, with regard
to removal and the filling of vacancies, shall apply to such alternates.
