§ 4-175. Appeal.

(a)

Any appeals of the interpretation of this ordinance may be made to the supervisor of the building official. An appeal shall be requested in writing to the building official requesting the appeal of the interpretation of the ordinance within five (5) business days of the ruling by the building official. If no appeal is filed within five (5) business days of the ruling by the building official, the appellant is considered to have waved their rights of appeal. For the purposes of this ordinance, a written appeal may be made in writing by letter or email addressed to the building official.

(b)

The supervisor of the building official will hear all issues and may call a meeting of the applicant applying for the irrigation permit or an existing irrigation permit holder. At this meeting, the supervisor of the building official will attempt to resolve any conflicts through education on the intent of the codes. No code is written and adopted that can possibly predict all circumstances that may arise. The building official and his/her supervisor will seek to identify alternatives to the issues that do not violate the intent of the code but allow individual circumstances to apply using a common sense approach. The supervisor of the building official may elect to have more than one (1) meeting to accomplish a resolution. He/she may also use other resources at his/her discretion to research possible alternatives. These resources may include but are not limited to; other cities with similar ordinances and codes, legal advice from the City Attorney, inquiries to other code officials, and consultation with other staff members of the City of Copperas Cove.

(c)

It is generally understood that the appeal meeting(s) will begin within ten (10) business days of the receipt of the appeal.

(d)

This appeal process in no way represents a variance to the ordinance. It shall not be interpreted to be a circumvention of the intent of the ordinance. It is intended to seek all possible resolutions to interpretation issues while still complying with the intent of the ordinance.

(Ord. No. 2010-48, § 1(Exh. A), 11-2-10)