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17-16 - 17.62 ZONING AGENCY. (1) The committee (5) HEARING. Any party may appear in person shall: or by agent or attorney. The board shall: (a) provide policy oversight of the functions of .(a) Resolve boundary disputes according to sub. the office of the zoning administrator; and (7); (b) review and make recommendations to the (b) Decide variance applications according to county board on all proposed amendments to this sub. (8); and ordinance, maps and text. (c) Decide appeals of permit denials according to (2) The committee shall not: s. 17.64. (a) grant variances to the terms of the ordinance (6) DECISION. The final decision regarding the in place of action by the board of adjustment; nor appeal or variance application shall: (b) amend the text or zoning maps in place of (a) Be made within a reasonable time; official action by the county board. (b) Be sent to the district office of the department within 10 days of the decision; 17.63 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. (1) The board (c) Be a written determination signed by the of adjustment shall exercise the powers conferred chairperson or secretary of the board; by Wis. Stats. and adopt rules for the conduct of (d) State the specific facts which are the basis for business. The zoning administrator may not be the the board's decision; secretary of the board. (e) Either affirm, reverse, vary or modify the (2) POWERS AND DUTIES. The board of order, requirement, decision or determination adjustment shall: appealed, in whole or in part, dismiss the appeal (a) Appeals. Hear and decide appeals where it is for lack of jurisdiction or grant or deny the alleged there is error in any order, requirement, application for a variance; and decision or determination made by an (g) Include the reasons or justifications for administrative official in the enforcement or granting an appeal, with a description of the administration of this ordinance. hardship or practical difficulty demonstrated by the (b) Boundary Disputes. Hear and decide disputes applicant in the case of a variance, clearly stated in concerning the district boundaries shown on the the recorded minutes of the board proceedings. official floodplain zoning map. (7) BOUNDARY DISPUTES. The following (c) Variances. Hear and decide, upon appeal, procedure shall be used by the board of adjustment variances from the dimensional standards of this in hearing disputes concerning the district ordinance. boundaries shown on the official floodplain zoning (3) APPEALS TO THE BOARD. Appeals. to the map: board may be taken by any person aggrieved or by (a) Where a floodplain district boundary is any officer, department, board or bureau of the established by approximate or detailed floodplain county affected by any decision of the zoning studies, the regional flood elevations or profiles for administrator or other administrative officer. Such the point in question shall be the governing factor appeal shall be taken within 30 days unless in locating the district boundary. If no regional otherwise provided by the rules of the board, by flood elevations or profiled are available to the filing with the official whose decision is in board, other available evidence may be examined. question, and with the board, a notice of appeal (b) In all cases, the person contesting the locatior, specifying the reasons for the appeal. The official of the district boundary shall be given a reasonable whose decision is in question shall transmit to the opportunity to present arguments and technical board all the papers constituting the record evidence to the board of adjustment. concerning the matter appealed. (c) Where it is determined that the district (4) NOTICE AND HEARING FOR APPEALS, boundary is incorrectly mapped, the board should INCLUDING VARIANCES.The board shall: inform the committee or the person contesting the • (a) Fix a reasonable time for the hearing; location of the boundary, to petition the county (b) Publish adequate notice pursuant to board for a map amendment according to subchap. Wisconsin Statutes, specifying Jhe date, time, place VII. • and subject of the hearing; and (8) VARIANCE. The board of adjustment may, (c) Assure that notice shall be mailed to the upon appeal, grant a variance from the parties in interest and the district office of the dimensional standards of this ordinance where an department at least 10 days in advance of the applicant convincingly demonstrates that: hearing. rev. 043095