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be ineligible to succeed themselves unless the member is completing a term for which he or she <br />was appointed to fill a mid-term vacancy. The appointing authority may remove the appointed <br />member for cause. The planning staff, the Division of Housing and Building and the City <br />Engineer shall furnish the necessary technical advice and services required by the Board. <br /> <br />(B) The Board shall elect its own Chairperson and Vice Chairperson. A majority of the Board <br />shall constitute a quorum to do business. <br /> <br />(C) The Director of the Department ofl~lanning and Development, or an employee of the <br />Department as the Director shall designate in a writing filed with the Clerk of Council, shall be <br />the Secretary to the Board and shall be responsible for the preparation of the docket and.the <br />minutes for all Board meetings and shall perform all other duties incident to the office of the <br />Secretary and such other duties as may be assigned to the Secretary by the Board. The Secretary <br />shall have no vote. <br /> <br />SECTION 2. POWERS AND DUTIES. <br /> <br />The Board of Zm~g Appeals shall: <br /> <br />1. Hear and decide appeals from any regulation, order, decision, requirement, or determination <br />made by administrative officials or agents in the application of ordinances governing zoning in <br />the City. <br /> <br />2. Hear and decide all appeals made for variances in the application of ordinances governing <br />zoning in the City. No variance in the strict application of the zoning ordinances of the City <br />shall be granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals unless it finds: <br /> <br />(a) That there exists practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship, fully described in the findings <br />of the Board, that would deprive the owner of the reasonable use of the land or building <br /> <br /> 32 <br /> <br /> <br />