Record of proceedings

The board shall keep minutes of its proceedings showing the vote of each member upon each question or if such member be absent or fails to vote indicating such fact and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be filed immediately in the office of the board and shall be a public record. The board in its decision on any matter coming before it under this chapter shall record in its minutes the pertinent and material facts and the reasons upon which its decision is based.

A. At the commencement of each hearing on an application for variance, exception or other relief, the recommendation of the planning commission shall be read aloud and become part of the record of the hearing.
The board shall render its decision in writing on each application for special use permit or variance within sixty (60) days of the conclusion of the hearing thereon, provided that the board may extend the time for rendering its written decision to ninety (90) days by written notice filed in the office of the zoning board within the sixty (60) day period setting forth the reason for the extension; and failure to render and file its decision on an application for special use permit or variance within sixty (60) days or ninety (90) days if the time has been extended shall constitute a denial of the application. The decision of the board shall be a public record.
B. All decisions of the zoning board of review evidencing the granting of a petition, including any special conditions attached thereto, shall be recorded in the land evidence records of the city. Said decisions shall be recorded by the secretary of the zoning board of review. A recording fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be paid by the applicant upon the filing of their respective zoning petition.

(Prior code § 30-42(i))