The Zoning Board of Appeals consists of seven (7) members who serve for four (4) years without compensation. The Board shall have the following powers and duties: (1) to hear and decide appeals from and review any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official charged with enforcement of regulations established by Chapter 29 and the City Code; (2) to authorize upon appeal in specific cases, variances from the terms of Chapter 29, Articles III and IV inclusive, where, by reason of exceptional narrowness, shallowness or slope of a specific piece of property at the time of the enactment of Chapter 29, Articles III and IV inclusive, or by reason of exceptional topographic conditions or other extraordinary and exceptional situations or conditions of such piece of property, including situations or conditions which hinder the owner's ability to install a solar energy system, the strict application of any regulation enacted herein would result in peculiar and exceptional practical difficulties to the owner of such property, provided such relief may be granted without substantial detriment to the public good and without substantially impairing the intent and purposes of Chapter 29, Articles I-IV inclusive, and provided that no variance shall authorize any use in a zoning district other than a use specifically permitted in such zoning district.

The Board meets the second Thursday of every month at 8:30 a.m. in the Council Chambers at 300 LaPorte Ave. Deadline for appeal applications is two weeks prior to the meeting.

The Building department supports the Building Review Board.