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Bov 9 PA427 2. The Board of Appeals shall consist of five (5) members appointed by the Lee County Board of Commissioners and each shall serve for a term of three (3) years and until his successor is duly appointed and qualified. Members shall be removable by the appointing authority for cause, upon written charges, after a public hearing. 3. The Board of Appeals shall adopt rules for its governance and in harmony with the provisions of this Ordinance. Mleetings of the Board of Appeals shall be held at the call of the Chair- man and at such other times as the Board of Appeals may determine. The Chairman, or in his absence the acting Chair- man, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All hearings of the Board of Appeals shall be public. The Board of Appeals 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 immediately be filed in the office of the Lee County Building Inspector and on due cause shown. 4. The Board of Appeals shall make written findings of facts and conclusions of law giving the facts upon which it acted and its legal conclusions from such facts in reversing, affirming, .or modifying any order, requirement, decision or determination of the Lee County Building Inspector or to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which it is required to pass under this Ordinance, or to effect variation in this Ordinance. SECTION X: APPEALS 1. Any person aggrieved, or any taxpayer affected, by any decision of the lee County Building Inspector made in his administration of this Ordinance, may appeal to the Board of Appeals. 2. All appeals hereunder must be taken within a reasonable time as provided by the rules of the Board of Appeals, by filing with the lee County Building Inspector a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The Lee County Building Inspector.shall forthwith transmit to the Board of Appeals all the papers con- stituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken. 3. An appeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from unless the Lee County Building Inspector certifies to the Board of Appeals, after the notice of appeal has been filed with. it, that by reason of the facts stated in the certi- ficate a stay would, in his opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property. In such case, proceedings shall not be stayed except by order of the Board of Appeals on notice to the Lee County Building Inspector and on due cause shown. -9-