County Council, by ordinance, may provide for the establishment of a Board of Building Standards. The Board of Building Standards shall have 5 members to be appointed by the County Executive, 4 members for terms of 4 years provided that the terms of the original members shall be established in a manner that 1 shall expire each year, and 1 member to be chairperson and to serve at the pleasure of the County Executive. The ordinance shall provide that the Board shall be given the power to perform the following functions, or such portion of them as the County Council may determine:

(1) Advise the general manager of the Department of Land Use, upon request, about the interpretation of the building code or of any regulation relating to building safety and sanitation;

(2) Suggest regulations applying standards of good practice in the enforcement of statutes and ordinances dealing with building safety and sanitation;

(3) Upon request of the general manager of the Department of Land Use, review and issue a report regarding new and substitute materials proposed to be used in the building construction and upon new methods of construction;

(4) Consider any suggested changes in standards and regulations, new and substitute materials, or new methods of construction, either with or without holding public hearings, but before the Board shall recommend any change or modification of such standards and regulations, it shall hold a public hearing at which all interested parties may present their views. After such public hearing, the Board shall submit its findings and recommendations to the general manager of the Department of Land Use for approval, whereupon they shall become a part of the standards and regulations.

9 Del. C. 1953, § 1364; 55 Del. Laws, c. 85, § 2; 71 Del. Laws, c. 401, § 59.