About the Building Inspection Advisory, Examining & Appeals Boards

The Building Inspection Advisory, Examining, and Appeals Board is a quasi-judicial board, that was established in order to hear and decide appeals of orders, decisions, or determinations made by the building official relating to the application and interpretation of the codes.

Departments

Duties

• Hear appeals from decisions of the building official or the appropriate chief code administrator;
• Hear requests for the use of a material or method of construction not prescribed by the codes and authorize the use when in the board’s judgment the material or method of construction is at least equivalent to that which is prescribed;
• Hear and make recommendations concerning requests for amendments to the codes; and
• Hear requests to suspend a person’s ability to secure permits. (Ord. 26029; 28387)