Most of the international codes that cities are required to adopt (as approved by the Oklahoma Building Code Commission) include a process for an appeal from a code interpretation made by city staff.  The appeal is typically to a board that is composed of members of the particular filed that have been appointed by the city council.  It can be difficult to find members of the filed who are willing to serve on those review boards, and cumbersome to schedule hearings, etc.  Have any cities modified those code provisions to provide for a different appeal process?  If so, have any cities used their board of adjustment as the board to hear those types of appeals?

Thanks for your input.

Jonathan E. Miller
City Attorney
City of Mustang
1501 N. Mustang Road
Mustang, Oklahoma 73064
Telephone: (405) 376-7746
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It is my understanding that due to the difficulties you mentioned in getting volunteers, many small towns just use the council as the appeal board.

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From: Jon Miller JMiller@cityofmustang.org
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2022 8:32:48 AM
To: oama (oama@lists.imla.org)
Subject: [Oama] INQUIRY REGARDING APPEALS FROM INTERPRETATION OF INTERNATIONAL CODES

Most of the international codes that cities are required to adopt (as approved by the Oklahoma Building Code Commission) include a process for an appeal from a code interpretation made by city staff.  The appeal is typically to a board that is composed of members of the particular filed that have been appointed by the city council.  It can be difficult to find members of the filed who are willing to serve on those review boards, and cumbersome to schedule hearings, etc.  Have any cities modified those code provisions to provide for a different appeal process?  If so, have any cities used their board of adjustment as the board to hear those types of appeals?

Thanks for your input.

Jonathan E. Miller
City Attorney
City of Mustang
1501 N. Mustang Road
Mustang, Oklahoma 73064
Telephone: (405) 376-7746
Facsimile: (405) 376-7721

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