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(b) Section ES-501.2 dealing with rooming houses is hereby deleted. (c) Section ES-107.0. Appeals to the Local Board, is amended to read as follows: Section ES-107.0. Appeals to the Local Board. (1) Any person receiving written notice f~om the Director of Housing Services and Community Development or his representative of deficiencies in his property under this Code which do not affect the manner of construction or materials to be used in the erection, alteration, repair, maintenance, or use of a building or structure, under this Code may within fifteen days following the date of such notice enter an appeal in writing to the Housing Board of Adjustments and Appeals. Such appeal shall state the location of the property, the date of the notice of violations, and the number of such notice. The appellant must state the variance or modification requested, the reason therefore, and the hardship or conditions upon which the appeal is made. No appeal filed later than fifteen days after the date of such notice shall be acted upon by the Housing Board of Adjustments and Appeals, unless the Director of Housing Services and Community Development shall consent thereto. (2) There is hereby created by the City Council a Board to be known as the Housing Board of Adjustments and Appeals, which sha~l consist of not less than three members appointed by the City Council. The members shall be residents of the City of Portsmouth. Members of the Board shall be appointed for three year terms, except that on the initial appointment, one shall De appointed for one year, one for two years, and one for three years. Any one or more members of said Board shall be subject to removal or replacement by the City Council at any time for cause of stated charges after a public hearing before the City Council, and a vacancy on said Board shall be filled by the City Council for the unexpired term of such vacancy. The members of the Board shall serve without compensation. The Housing Board of Adjustments and Appeals shall organize by electing a Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Secretary. Thereafter the officers of the Board shall be elected by the members at the first annual meeting of the Board. (3) The Board shall hold regular meetings each month at which meeting all appea~s on file shall be considered'and acted upon by the Board. Regular or special meetings may be called by the Chairman at any time. Reasonable notice of the place, time and date of such meetings shall be given all members of the Board and all interested parties in each case to be heard by the Board.