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.ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO SET UP A BOARD WITH EXPERTISE IN THE BUILDING INDUSTRIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE VARIOUS CODES THE COUNTY HAS ADOPTED. HE POINTED OUT THAT SECTION Ill OF THE STANDARD BUILDING CODE, WHICH THE COUNTY HAS ADOPTED, ESTABLISHES A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS. THE ATTORNEY CONTINUED'THAT WHILE HE DOESN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SAME PEOPLE BEING APPOINTED TO THIS BOARD AS TO THE BOARD FOR THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, HE FELT THE COUNTY FIRST NEEDS TO LOOK'TOWARDS UNIFORMITY IN THE COUNTY SYSTEM AND THEN TRY TO',ESTABLISH UNIFORMITY WITH THE CITY. HE POINTED OUT'THAT THE BOARD FOR.°THE CITY OF VERO BEACH HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY QUITE A TECHNICAL ORDINANCE, AND HE DOES NOT FEEL MANY OF THE PROVISIONS APPLY TO THE COUNTY. HE ALSO QUESTIONED THE LEGALITY OF THE PRESENT SET UP WITH THE CITY AND DID NOT FEEL IT FUNCTIONS VERY WELL, CHAIRMAN WODTKE AGREED THAT THIS BOARD SHOULD BE A HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED ONE MADE UP OF QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE THEY WILL BE WORKING WITH .DISPUTES BETWEEN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND CONTRACTORS AND HE DOES NOT FEEL A LAYMAN WHO HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF BUILDING STRENGTH, STRESSES, ETC, COULD DEAL WITH THESE MATTERS. ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT ACTUALLY THIS BOARD IS ALREADY SET UP AND ALL THE BOARD HAS TO DO IS MAKE APPOINTMENTS. HE'STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE THE COMMISSIONERS TO DIRECT HIM TO USE THIS BOARD FOR THE FIRE PREVENTION AND MINIMUM HOUSING CODES, y ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THAT THE BOARD OFA ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS, AS SET UP UNDER SECTION 111 OF THE STANDARD BUILDING CODE, BE*UTILIZED TO HANDLE THE APPEALS FOR THE FIRE PREVENTION CODE AND THE MINIMUM HOUSING CODE. ATTORNEY COLLINS DISCUSSED THE MANNER OF MAKING APPOINTMENTS, AND COMMISSIONER SIEBERT SUGGESTED THAT THE CHAIRMAN BE AUTHORIZED TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS AND THE BOARD WILL CONSULT WITH HIM. THE BOARD AGREED. 31- ° ; mm II