(A) The Zoning Board of Appeals may require the applicant to provide such additional information as is necessary to make a decision.
(B) The Zoning Board of Appeals may reverse or affirm, wholly or partly, or modify the order, requirement, decision or determination, and may direct the issuance of a permit.
(C) In making a decision, the Zoning Board of Appeals may impose such conditions as it may deem necessary to comply with the spirit and purpose of this chapter.
(D) No variance may be granted or decision overruled unless at least 4 members vote in favor thereof.
(E) A variance shall expire 12 months from the date it is granted, unless a building permit has been acquired and construction undertaken pursuant to the variance. The Zoning Board of Appeals shall state the grounds for each decision.
(F) Any conditions imposed by the Zoning Board of Appeals shall meet the following requirements:
(1) Be designed to protect natural resources, the health, safety and welfare, and the social and economic well being of those who will use the land use or activity under consideration, residents and landowners immediately adjacent to the proposed land use or activity, and the community as a whole;
(2) Be related to the valid exercise of the police power, and purposes affected by the proposed use or activity; and
(3) Be necessary to meet the intent and purpose of this chapter, be related to the standards established in this chapter for the land use or activity under consideration, and be necessary to ensure compliance with those standards.
(G) The decision of the Zoning Board of Appeals shall be final. An appeal from a decision of the Zoning Board of Appeals to the Circuit Court for the County of Genesee shall be filed within 21 days after the Zoning Board of Appeals approves the meeting minutes of its decision.
(Ord. 99, passed 11-18-1996, § 24.04; Am. Ord. 103, passed 7-21-1997; Am. Ord. 157, passed 7-17-2007; Am. Ord. 174, passed 11-10-2008)