                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROCEDURE ON APPEAL (§ 15.2-2312)

The board shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of an application or
appeal, give public notice thereof as well as due notice to the parties in
interest and make its decision within ninety days of the filing of the
application or appeal. In exercising its powers the board may reverse or affirm,
wholly or partly, or may modify, an order, requirement, decision or
determination appealed from. The concurring vote of a majority of the membership
of the board shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision or
determination of an administrative officer or to decide in favor of the
applicant on any matter upon which it is required to pass under the ordinance or
to effect any variance from the ordinance. The board shall keep minutes of its
proceedings and other official actions which shall be filed in the office of the
board and shall be public records. The chairman of the board, or in his absence
the acting chairman, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of
witnesses.

HISTORY: 1975, c. 521, § 15.1-496.2; 1983, c. 444; 1986, c. 483; 1997, c. 587.