(A) Notice. Once the Zoning Inspector has forwarded an application to the Commission, it shall schedule the notice of and the meeting on the application and shall ensure that proper notice is given to the parties called for under this chapter.
(B) Approval. The Commission may grant, deny or conditionally grant the application according to the compliance of the application with this chapter and the standards and criteria which appear in it. Conditions attached to the granting of an application by the Commission are binding upon the applicant.
(C) Timing. At the conclusion of the hearing or meeting upon the application, the Commission may take immediate action on the application, or may delay action for up to 30 days. In the event immediate action is taken, the Chairperson of the Commission shall verbally state the Commission’s findings of facts and its decision. In the event action is taken at a later date, the Commission shall reduce its findings of fact and its decision to writing. In all cases, the Commission’s findings of fact and decision shall be announced in a public meeting, and shall be accurately reflected in the minutes of the meeting.
(D) Appeal to Village Council. If the application is denied by the Commission, the applicant may appeal the decision to the Village Council at the next regularly scheduled Village Council meeting. Failure to appear at that next regularly scheduled Village Council meeting waives the right to appeal the Commission’s decision to deny the application.
(Ord. 1999-03, passed 3- -1999; Ord. 2013-04, passed 2-4-2013)