The following shall apply for applications, appeals and hearings.
(A) Applications; when and by whom taken. The Board shall have power to hear and decide applications for exceptions to and variances in, the application of resolutions, ordinances, regulations and orders of administrative officials or agencies governing zoning and building in the village, as may be required to afford justice and avoid unreasonable hardship, subject to such reasonable standards and procedures as shall be prescribed by ordinance.
(B) Appeals; when and by whom taken. An appeal to the Board may be taken by any person aggrieved or by any officer, department, board or bureau of the village affected by any decision of the Village Planning Commission or Zoning Inspector. Such appeal shall be taken within 20 days after the decision, by filing with the Board a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The Village Planning Commission or Zoning Inspector shall forthwith transmit to the Board all the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken.
(C) Contents of notice of appeal or application. No notice of appeal or application may be filed with the Board which does not contain drawings and written descriptions of the project sufficient to inform the Board and the adjacent property owners and tenants, as well as the people of the village, of the total scope of the project, along with the names and addresses of the property owners and tenants within 200 feet of the property in question. In communicating to neighbors and to the newspapers, care shall be taken by the Board Chairperson that the applicant’s project is fairly described to the mutual satisfaction of applicant and Board before a hearing date shall be selected.
(D) Hearings. The Board shall fix a reasonable time for the public hearing of the application or appeal and shall give notice by one publication in a news media of general circulation in the village at least ten days before the date of such hearing and, further, shall give written notice of said hearing to the parties in interest including all property owners within 200 feet of the property in question. Each application or appeal shall be accompanied by a check, payable to the village, or a cash payment, sufficient in the amount to cover the cost of publishing and/or posting and mailing the notices of the hearing or hearings, but in no event shall it be less than $50. At the hearing, any party may appear in person or be represented by an agent or attorney. Normally, the applicant or appellant shall present his or her position first at the hearing. Others who chose to speak shall identify themselves and their support or opposition in advance, so that equal time can be afforded both views.
(Ord. 16-79, passed 10- -1979; Ord. 7-80, passed 4-1-1980)