Boards/Commissions/Committees Powers and Duties

Board of Adjustment

To hear and decide appeals in which it is alleged that there is an error in an order, requirement or decision made by the Zoning Administrator in the enforcement of this chapter. This power shall include the power to reverse, affirm, or modify, wholly or partly, any order, requirement or decision of the Zoning Administrator properly appealed to the Board, and make such order, requirement, decision or determination as is necessary. To learn more about this board please click here. 

Cemetery Committee

Assume complete charge and control of municipal cemeteries, lay out, plat, design, beautify, and, in general, to develop municipal cemeteries.  Set rules and regulations regarding burials, maintenance of lots, monuments, construction of streets and ways, planting of grass and shrubbery, conduct of persons on the cemetery grounds, and such other rules and regulations necessary for  proper operation and maintenance of municipal cemeteries. Receive and disburse all monies received from all sources for the maintenance, operation and upkeep of municipal cemeteries. To learn more about this committee please click here. 

Municipal Airport Advisory Board 

 It shall be the duty of the airport advisory board to prepare and submit to the city council recommendations for the improvement, equipping, maintenance and operation of the Eloy municipal airport. To learn more about this board please click here. 

Building Code Board of Appeals

When used in the codes or this article shall refer to a board commissioned by the city council and mayor whose sole entity is to hear appeals from the decisions of the building official, determine the suitability of alternative materials and construction methods, and to permit interpretations of the provisions of the codes not related to administration. To learn more about this board please click here. 

Pension Board

Addresses all questions of eligibility, service, credits, and determines the amount, manner and time of payment of any benefits under the Public Retirement System. To learn more about this board please click here. 

Planning & Zoning

The Planning and Zoning Commission shall serve in an advisory function to assist the City Council in making decisions pertaining to amendments to the General Plan and this chapter, and applications for development approval.  It shall be the duty of the commission to make a survey of the City and prepare and present to the Council a comprehensive plan for zoning the City. The commission shall further perform such other duties in connection with the planning and zoning of the City as are consistent with the Constitution and the laws of the State. To learn more about this commission please click here.