The Board of Zoning Appeals shall hear and decide appeals first and review on appeal any order, requirement, decision or determination made by the Zoning Inspector in the enforcement or application of any zoning ordinance; and, upon such appeal, the Board may, in accordance with the provisions of municipal zoning ordinances, reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or may modify any such order, requirement, decision or determination, and the decision of the Board shall be final.
In exercising its powers, the Board may, in conformity with the provisions of statutes and of municipal zoning ordinances, reverse or affirm wholly or partly, or may modify the order, requirements, decision or determination as ought to be made, and to that end shall have all powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken.
Any party adversely affected by a decision of the Board may appeal to the Court of Common Pleas of Stark County, Columbiana County, or Carroll County on the ground that such decision was unreasonable.
Other powers and duties of the Board of Zoning Appeals shall include those established by this Charter and by the Council by ordinance, but until such ordinances shall be passed, it shall possess such other powers and duties as are provided by the general laws of Ohio, to the extent that such general laws do not conflict with the provisions of this Charter.
(Amended 5-3-2022)