(a) At the conclusion of a public hearing, the Board shall vote and announce its decision, together with any terms and conditions to approval. Such decision shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting, or kept in a special book maintained solely for decisions of the Board.
(b) In case the Board desires more time to study the subject matter, it shall announce at the public hearing that the meeting be adjourned to a specified date, time, and place, at which time it shall meet, vote, and announce its decision as above provided. A second continuance may be taken by the Board, at the end of which time it must vote and decide the subject matter. The Board shall not take more than two continuances and no continuance shall be for a longer period of time than two weeks, nor for a shorter period than five days, except for good cause shown and noted in the minutes.
(c) Upon making a decision, the same shall be entered within one week in the minutes of the Board or in a special book, and within such week a copy thereof, or a memorandum thereof, shall be mailed to the following: the Village Planning Commission and the Clerk/Treasurer.
(d) All decisions of the Board, except where the decision of the Building Inspector is sustained without any modifications, deletions, or additions thereto, shall not go into effect or become final until thirty days after the rendition of such decision.
(e) During the thirty-day period after a decision of the Board of Zoning Appeals, the Council shall have the right to disapprove the same. The Council may approve a decision by passing an ordinance to that effect, or by permitting the thirty-day period to lapse without taking any action, in which event the decision shall become final on passage of such approving ordinance, or at the expiration of the thirty-day period. To indicate its disapproval of such decision, the Council must pass an ordinance clearly indicating its disapproval. Upon passage of such ordinance, the decision of the Board shall not become effective. In passing such an ordinance, the Council may assign reasons for its disapproval, but such reasons shall not be deemed to extend beyond the action in that particular case and shall not be deemed to be a part of this Zoning Code or have the effect of an amendment thereto. Relative to the decisions mentioned in this section, the administrative remedies of the parties, whether of the applicant or taxpayer, shall not be deemed to have been exhausted until action of the Council or until it has permitted the thirty-day period to expire without acting.
(Ord. 73-94. Passed 10-4-94.)