City Council hereby creates, by authority of the Municipalities Planning Code, a zoning hearing board for the City of Altoona, with the powers and duties as outlined herein. The Zoning Hearing Board of the City of Altoona shall consist of five residents of the City, appointed by City Council via a resolution. Each member's term of office shall be five years and shall be so fixed that the term of office of one member of a five-member board shall expire each year. Members of the Zoning Hearing Board shall hold no other office in the City government. The Zoning Hearing Board shall function as required by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (Act of 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, as reenacted and amended).