Legal Documents of Rockford

It is the intent of this code that all questions of interpretation and enforcement shall be first presented to the city manager (or to the recorder, or appropriate division chief as agents of the city manager), that such questions be presented to the zoning board of appeals on appeal from the decision of the city manager, and that recourse from the decisions of the zoning board of appeals shall be to the courts. It is further the intent of this code that the city board shall have only the duties of considering and adopting or rejecting proposed ordinances and of establishing fees and charges, i.e. legislative functions, and shall not hear and decide questions of interpretation and enforcement that may arise, i.e. administrative and judicial functions. (1993 Code, § 14-306)