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18~~2 ~d ~ Dangerous bpi ldin~ ~- nuis ante . Every bui ld- ing or part thereof which~~s found by the council to be a angerous building ~;~ hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and the same nay be abated either summarily, through the procedures specified in the preceding sec- tion, or by a suit for abatement thereof brought by the city in the Circuit Court. ~3~ Section 204 - Board of ~p eals, is hereby amended by adding a Section 2o4~B thereto, to~provde; Section 2Q4-B -- Appeal Board Administration and organization. ~.a~ Application_,,,,,,for appeal. The application for appeal may be made when it is claimed that the true in- tent of a particular specialty code has been incorrectly interpreted yr the provisions of the particular code do not fully apply. The owner of a building or structure or any other person may also appeal from a decision of the building official refusing to grant a modification to the provisions of a specialty code covering the de~- sign or method of construction or material to be used in the erection,. alteration, ar repair of the building or structure or building service equipment when it is the applicant's belief that he/she has proposed an equally good or better material or method of construc- tion or installation than that required by a specific specialty code. A fee for each appeal as established by resolution of the city council shall be paid to the building official. ~b~ N~embership of board of appeals . The board of appeals shall consist of nine ~9~ members nominated by the mayor and appointed by the council. However, in no event shall the board for a specialty code area consist of more than five ~.5} voting members hearing a specialty code appeal. The board members shall consist of; a licensed professional engineer, architect, building contractor or superintendent of building construction, electrical contractor, journeyman supervising electri- cian, plumbing contractor, journeyman plumber, mechan- ical cheating and ventilations contractor, and journey- man heating, ventilation, or air conditioning installer. The building official and the fire chief, or designees, shall be ex officio members of the board. ~c~ operation of the board. The board, for any given specialty code appeal, shall consist of no more than five voting members. 1. Electrical appeals. The board, far the purpose of hewing electx~~.cal code appeals , shall consist of a licensed professional engineer, archi- tect, build%~g contractor or superintendent of building construction, an electrical contractor, and journeyman supervising electrician. Three of the five members shall constitute a quorum, one of which shall be an electrical contractor or supervising e~.ectrician. ordinance - ?