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and Council shall appoint a commission to be known as the
Zoning Commission to recommend the boundaries of the vari-
ous original districts and appropriate regulations to be en-
forced therein. Such commission shall make a preliminary
report and hold public hearings thereon before submitting its
final report, and the said Mayor and Council shall not hold its
public hearings or take action until it has received the final
report of such commission.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said Mayor
and Council may provide for the appointment of a Board of
Adjustment, and in the regulations and restrictions adopted
pursuant to the authority of this Act may provide that the
said Board of Adjustment, may, in appropriate cases and sub-
ject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, make special
exceptions to the terms of the ordinance in harmony with its
general purpose and intent and in accordance with general or
specific rules therein contained.

The Board of Adjustment shall consist of five members, each
to be appointed for a term of three years and removable for
cause by the appointing authority, upon written charges and
after public hearing. Vacancies shall be filled for the unex-
pired term of any member whose term becomes vacant.

The Board shall adopt rules in accordance with the pro-
visions of any ordinance adopted pursuant to this Act Meet-
ings of the Board shall be held at the call of the chairman and
at such other times as the Board may determine. Such chair-
man, or in his absence, the acting chairman, may administer
oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings of
the Board shall be open to the public. The Board shall keep
minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member
upon each question, or if absent or failing to vote, indicating
such fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other
official actions, all of which shall be immediately filed in the
office of the Board and shall be a public record.

Appeals to the Board of Adjustment may be taken by any
person aggrieved or by any officer, department, board or bureau
of the municipality affected by any decision of the administra-
tive officer. Such appeal shall be taken within a reasonable
time as provided by the rules of the Board by filing with the
officer from whom the appeal is taken and with the Board of
Adjustment a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof.
The officer from whom the appeal is taken shall forthwith