October Dane County Code of Ordinances

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. 10.89 VARIANCE STANDARDS. (1) Unnecessary hardship must be found as distinguished from a mere inconvenience. 1The finding of a hardship shall take into consideration the particular physical surroundings, shape or topographical conditions of the specific property involved. (2) The conditions upon which the application for a variance is based would not be applicable generally to other property similarly situated. (3) The purpose of the variance is not based exclusively upon a desire for economic or other material gain by the applicant or owner. (4) The alleged hardship or difficulty is caused by this ordinance and has not been created by any person presently having an interest in the property. (5) The granting of the variance will not be detrimental to the public welfare, or injurious to other property or improvements in the neighborhood in which the property is located. (6) The proposed variance will not impair an adequate supply of light and air to adjacent property, or endanger the public safety or substantially diminish or impair property values within the neighborhood. 10.90 CONDITIONS ON VARIANCES. (1) The Committee may impose such conditions or restrictions upon the sign and premises benefited by a variance as may be necessary to comply with the above standards to reduce or minimize the injurious effect of such variance upon other property in the neighborhood and to better carry out the general intent of this ordinance. 10.91 APPLICATIONS AND PERMITS. (1) The application for a permit to install or erect a sign shall contain such information as required by the Zoning Administrator. (2) The Zoning Administrator shall issue a. suitable identification tag with each sign permit. The identification tag shall be placed on the sign or on a support column in a location that is easily visible from the road or proximity of the sign. (3) Fees established by chapter 12 supersede all other fees established in Chapters 10 and 78 of the Dane County Code of Ordinances. 10.92 PENALTIES. (1) Any person or persons, firm, company or corporation, owner, occupant or other user of the premises, who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this subchapter shall be subject to a forfeiture of not less than five dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars and costs. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. (2) Compliance herewith shall be enforced by injunctional order at suit of the County or occupant of real estate within the district affected by the regulations of this ordinance. It shall not be necessary to prosecute for forfeiture before resorting to injunctional proceedings. /lo.