(a) Established. There is hereby established a community appearance board which shall consist of five members who shall serve without compensation and two alternate members who may participate in discussion, but may not vote unless substituting for a voting member who is absent. Members of the board shall be appointed by majority vote of the city council. Voting members shall be appointed for staggered terms. All members shall serve a three-year term. There shall be no restriction placed upon the number of terms that an individual member may serve. Alternate members shall serve three-year terms.

(b) Removal; vacancy. Members may be removed by majority vote of the city council at will. A seat on the board shall be deemed vacant when a member has more than three consecutive absences or five absences within a period of 12 months, or because of death, resignation, removal or completion of the term of any member. A member seat vacated prior to the expiration of its term shall be filled for its unexpired term by majority vote of the city council.

(c) Qualifications. All members shall be residents of the city with the exception allowing that one member or alternate member may be a non-resident. All members shall be qualified by reason of training or expertise in art, architecture, community planning, land development, real estate, landscape architecture or other relevant business or profession, or by reason of civic interest so as to be considered a sound judge of the aesthetic effect and impact upon property values, desirability, and the economic, social and cultural patterns of the community of a proposed building or structure on surrounding areas.