Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Appeal deadline30 days
Such appeal shall be taken within 30 days after the entry of the decision appealed from
- Appeal stays proceedings
An appeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from unless the zoning administrator certifies to the board that by reason of facts stated in the certificate, a stay would in his opinion cause imminent peril to life or property
- Court appeal deadline30 days
Any person aggrieved by any decision of the board of zoning appeals, or any taxpayer or any officer, department, board or bureau of the county or municipality, may present to the circuit court of the county a petition specifying the grounds on which aggrieved within 30 days after the filing of the decision in the town hall.
- Favorable vote required3 members
A favorable vote of three members of the board shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision or determination of the zoning administrator or to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter upon which the board is required to pass.
- Hearing decision deadline60 days
The board shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of an application or appeal, give public notice thereof as well as due notice to the parties in interest and decide the same within 60 days of the filing of the application for appeal.
- Quorum3 members
A quorum shall be at least three members.
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. conditions allowed
In authorizing a variance the board may impose such conditions regarding the location, character and other features of the proposed structure for use as it may deem necessary in the public interest, and may require a guarantee or bond to ensure that the conditions imposed are being and will continue to be complied with.
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. hardship requirement
No such variance shall be authorized by the board unless it finds: 1. That the strict application of this chapter would produce undue hardship; 2. That such hardship is not shared generally by other properties in the same zoning district and the same vicinity; and 3. That the authorizing of such variance will not be of substantial detriment to adjacent property and that the character of the district will not be changed by the granting of the variance.
From the ordinance
To authorize upon appeal in specific cases such variances from the terms of this chapter as will not be contrary to the public interest, when, owing to special conditions, a literal enforcement of the provisions will result in unnecessary hardship