(A) There is hereby established a Board of Adjustment vested with the authority as is hereinafter provided, and as provided in M.S. Chapter 462, as it may be amended from time to time. The City Council shall act as the Park Rapids Board of Adjustment.
(B) The Board of Adjustment shall elect a Chairperson and a Vice-Chairperson from among its members. It shall adopt rules or bylaws, for the transaction of its business and shall keep a permanent record of its proceedings, findings, and determinations. The Board of Adjustment shall cause all records of its proceedings, findings and determinations to be filed at the Park Rapids city hall.
(C) The meeting of the Board of Adjustment shall be held as specified in the rules or bylaws, and at other times as the Chairperson of the Board of Adjustment shall deem necessary and appropriate.
(D) The Board of Adjustment shall have the exclusive power concerning the following:
(1) To hear and decide any appeal from an order, requirement, decision, or determination made by the Zoning Administrator;
(2) To interpret any management district boundary on the official zoning map;
(3) All decisions by the Board of Adjustment in granting variances, or in hearing any appeals from administrative order, requirement, decision or determination shall be final except that any aggrieved person, department, agency, Board of Commission shall have the right to appeal to the District Court within 30 days after receipt of the notice of the decision made by the Board of Adjustment.
(E) The Board of Adjustment and Appeals authorizes the Planning Commission, in its advisory role, to make the necessary findings for variances and appeals. The Board of Adjustment maintains authority to grant variances from the strict enforcement of standards and provisions prescribed by this chapter. Variances shall only be granted based upon the criterion prescribed in § 151.245 of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 66-245) (Ord. passed 1994; Am. Ord. 364, passed 5-14-2002)