1. Provide the Planning and Development Director and the City Council with general advisory oversight of the development process, which shall include working with other City boards and commissions on development-related codes and processes (such as the Fire Safety Advisory Board, Planning Commission, Mayor’s Commission on Disability Issues and Surface Transportation Advisory Board).

2. Make recommendations to the City Council for periodic updating of the Phoenix Construction Code and technical development standards contained in chapters 28, 31, 32, 32A, 32B, and 37 of the Phoenix City Code.

3. Make recommendations to other City boards and commissions for revisions to development-related codes and processes not under the jurisdiction of this Board, when such revisions should be considered in order to streamline or simplify the development approval process.

4. Hear appeals from the decision of the Building Official or Planning and Development Director and render decisions thereon. (Ord. No. G-4175, §§ 1, 2, 1999; Ord. No. G-5570, § 1(Exh. A), 2010; Ord. No. G-5590, § 1, 2011)