Prior to the adoption of Ord. 2007-04 on 05/16/2007, Section 16.10.010 read as follows.

The Board of Adjustment shall consist of five (5) members and three (3) alternates, each to be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the City Council for a term of five (5) years. ~~Only one member of the City Council or only one Planning Commissionmember shall be a member of the Board of Adjustment.~~ No member of the Board of Adjustment / Appeal Authority shall also serve as a member of the City Council or the Planning Commission / Land Use Authority. Any member or alternate member may be removed for cause by the City Council upon written charges and after a public hearing, if such public hearing is requested. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of any member or alternate member whose term becomes vacant by the Mayor with consent of the City Council. Alternate members shall have no voting privileges except when a member be temporarily unable to act owing to the absence from the City, illness, interest in a case before the Board or any other cause, and when the alternate member is needed to create a full quorum of five (5) members, providing that at no time may more than two (2) alternate members sit at any one meeting of the Board of Adjustment at one (1) time. (PZSC § 03-04-001)