The purpose of the planning, zoning, and appeals board is to make recommendations to the city council on development petitions that appear before the board, and hear and decide upon variance requests and appeals to administrative decisions made by the administrative officials of the city on issues related to the land development regulations.
As the construction board of adjustment and appeals, the board shall have the power to hear appeals of the decisions and interpretations of the building official and to consider variances of the technical chapters of the building code as set forth in chapter 86 of the city code.