(A) An appeal may be taken to the Board of Appeals by any person, firm, or corporation, or by any officer, department, board, or bureau affected by a decision of the Zoning Official charged with enforcement of the ordinance.
(B) Appeals to the Board of Appeals concerning interpretation or administration of this chapter may be taken by any person aggrieved or by any officer, board, or bureau of the village affected by any decision of the Zoning Official. Such appeals shall be taken with a reasonable time of the aggrieved action, not to exceed 21 days, by filing with the Zoning Official a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof. The Zoning Official shall transmit to the Board all papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken.
(C) Appeals shall be submitted at least 20 working days before a scheduled meeting of the Board. A fee, as established by the Village Council, shall be paid to the Village Clerk-Treasurer at the time the notice of appeal is filed. Appeals shall be initiated by a person filling out an application to the Board of Appeals on forms and in such number as required by the village administrative directive. Applications involving a specific site shall be accompanied by a plot plan drawn to scale that includes the following information, where applicable:
(1) Applicant’s name, address, and telephone number;
(2) Property Identification (Sidwell), number, scale, north-point, and dates of submission and revisions;
(3) Zoning classification of petitioner’s parcel and all abutting parcels;
(4) Existing lot lines, building lines, structures, parking areas, driveways, and other improvements on the site and within 50 feet of the site;
(5) For variances requested from any dimensional standards of these regulations, the plot plan shall include verification measurements of existing conditions and the proposed dimensions or calculations regarding the specific standards from which the variance is sought; and
(6) Any additional information required by the Zoning Official or the Board of Appeals to make the determination requested herein.
(D) The Zoning Official shall forthwith transmit to the Board of Appeals the application and all the documents and records pertaining to the action being appealed. An appeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from, unless the Zoning Official certifies to the Board of Appeals, after notice of appeal has been filed with the Zoning Official, that by reason of facts stated in the certificate, a stay would, in his or her opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property, in which case, the proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order which may be granted by a court of record.
(E) The Board of Appeals shall fix a reasonable time for a hearing, not to exceed 60 days from the filing of the notice of appeal, and give due written notice of the hearing, to be personally delivered or mailed, at least 15 days thereof to the appellant and all owners of any real property within 300 of the premises in question according to the last assessment role. At the hearing, any party may appear in person or by agent or attorney and offer testimony if called as part of the proceedings.
(Ord. 259, passed 10-24-1995; Ord. passed 2-1-2012)