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(A) Recommendation to Board of Trustees. The Planning Commission may prepare and recommend to the Town Board of Trustees for adoption of rules and regulations governing the subdivision of land within the corporate limits of the town.
(B) Submission of plans to Board of Trustees. All plans, plats or replats of land laid out in lots, plots, blocks, streets, alleys or other ways intended to be dedicated to public or private use within the corporate limits of the town may first be submitted by the Town Board of Trustees to the Planning Commission for its recommendations.
(C) Disapproval. The disapproval of any such plan, plat or replat by the Town Board of Trustees shall be deemed a refusal of the dedications shown thereon.
(D) Signatures for certification. No plat or replat of subdivision of land, or dedication of street or alley or other easement, shall be entitled to record unless it bears the signature of the Mayor, attested by the Town Clerk-Treasurer, certifying the approval and acceptance thereof by the Town Board of Trustees.
(Prior Code, § 10-1A-6)
(A) Act as Zoning Commission. The Planning Commission shall also act as the Zoning Commission, which shall have the power to prepare and to recommend to the Town Board of Trustees for adoption a zoning plan to regulate and restrict the height, number of stories and size of buildings and other structures; the percentage of lot that may be occupied; the size of yards, courts and other open spaces; the density of population; the location and use of buildings, structures and land for trade, industry, residence and other purposes.
(B) Uniformity of regulations.
(1) The Planning Commission may recommend the division of the town into districts of such number, size and area as may be deemed best suited to carry out the zoning plan.
(2) All such regulations shall be uniform for each class or kind of buildings throughout each district, but the regulations in one district may differ from those in other districts.
(C) Comprehensive plan, purpose of matters considered.
(1) Zoning regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan and designed to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic and other dangers; to promote health and the general welfare; to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to facilitate the adequate provisions of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks and other public requirements.
(2) Such regulations shall be made with reasonable consideration, among other things, as to the character of the district and its peculiar suitability for particular uses, and with a view to conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land throughout the town.
(Prior Code, § 10-1A-7)
BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
(A) Board created; residency. There is hereby created a Board of Adjustment consisting of five members who shall be residents of the incorporated area of the town included in the area zoned.
(B) Terms. The terms of each member shall be three years beginning January 1982, except that the terms of the original members shall be of such length and so arranged that the term of one member will expire each year. Each member shall serve until his or her successor is appointed and qualified.
(C) Vacancies. Vacancies shall be filled by the Board of Trustees and shall be for the respective unexpired term.
(D) Compensation. The members of the Board of Adjustment shall serve without compensation.
(Prior Code, § 10-1B-1)
The Town Board of Adjustment shall have the following powers:
(A) To hear and decide variations to the town’s zoning ordinance; and
(B) To authorize such variances from the terms of the town’s zoning ordinance as will not be contrary to the public interest, where, owing to special conditions, a literal enforcement of the provisions of the town’s zoning ordinance or any amendments thereto will result in unnecessary hardship, and so that the spirit of the land use regulations of this code shall be observed and substantial justice done.
(Prior Code, § 10-1B-2)
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