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Chapter 17 (a) The certificate of compliance shall show (b) Boundary Disputes. Hear and decide disputes that the building or premises or part thereof, and the concerning the district boundaries shown on the proposed use, conform to the provisions of this official floodplain zoning map. ordinance. (c) Variances. Hear and decide, upon appeal, (b) Application for such certificate shall be variances from the dimensional standards of this made at the same time as the application for a ordinance. permit. (3) APPEALS TO THE BOARD. Appeals to the (c) The certificate of compliance shall be board may be taken by any person aggrieved or by issued within 10 days after written notification of any officer, department, board or bureau of the completion of the work specified in• the permit, county affected by any decision of the zoning provided the zoning administrator determines that administrator or other administrative officer. Such the building or premises or proposed use conforms appeal shall be taken within 30 days unless with all the provisions of this ordinance. otherwise provided by the rules of the board, by (d) The applicant shall submit a certification filing with the official whose decision is in question, signed by a registered professional engineer or and with the board, a notice of appeal specifying the registered land surveyor that the fill,lowest floor and reasons for the appeal. The official whose decision floodproofing elevations are in compliance with the is in question shall transmit to the board all the permit issued. Floodproofing measures also require papers constituting the record concerning the matter certification by a registered professional engineer or appealed. registered architect that floodproofing adequacy (4) NOTICE AND HEARING FOR APPEALS meets the requirements of s. 17.65. INCLUDING VARIANCES. The board shall: (6) OTHER PERMITS. The applicant must secure (a) Fix a reasonable time for the hearing; all other necessary permits from all appropriate (b) Publish adequate notice pursuant to Wisconsin federal, state, and local agencies, including those Statutes, specifying the date, time, place and subject required by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers of the hearing; under s. 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control (c) Assure that notice shall be mailed to the parties Act amendments of 1972, 33 U.S.C. 1334. in interest and the district office of the Department at least 10 days in advance of the hearing. 17.62 ZONING AGENCY. (1) The Committee (5) HEARING. Any party may appear in person or shall: by agent or attorney. The board shall: (a) provide policy oversight of the functions of the (a) Resolve boundary disputes according to office of the zoning administrator and sub.(7); (b) review and make recommendations to the (b) Decide variance applications according to county board on all proposed amendments to this sub.(8); ordinance,maps and text.. (c) Decide appeals of permit denials according (2) The Conunittee shall not: to s. 17.64. (a) grant variances to the terms of the ordinance in (6) DECISION. The final decision regarding the 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 (c) Be a written determination signed by the Board of Adjustment shall exercise the powers chairman or secretary of the board; conferred by Wis. Scats., and adopt rules for the (d) State the specific facts which are the basis conduct of business. The zoning administrator may for the Board's decision; not be the 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 for (a) Appeals. Hear and decide appeals where it is lack of jurisdiction or grant or deny the application alleged there is error in any order, requirement, for a variance; decision or determination made by an administrative (g) Include the reasons or justifications for official in the enforcement or administration of this granting an appeal, with a description of the ordinance. hardship or practical difficulty demonstrated by the applicant in the case of a variance, clearly stated in the recorded minutes of the board proceedings. Page 87