Footville Village City Zoning Code
§ 370-17
Board of Appeals.
A.
A Board of Appeals shall be appointed as specified in § 62.23, Wis. Stats. The members shall serve without compensation and shall be removable by the Village President for cause upon written charges and after public hearing. The Board of Appeals shall make and file in the office of the Village of Footville its own rules of procedure consistent with the statutes. It shall have the following powers:
(1)
To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged that the Building Inspector has made an erroneous finding or order.
(2)
To hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of this chapter upon which the Board is required to pass.
(3)
To grant specific variances from the terms of this chapter where it is shown that unique physical circumstances applying to a lot cause hardship to the owner under the chapter, and that the variance still will be in fundamental harmony with surrounding uses. The Board may reverse or affirm wholly or in part or may modify any order, requirement, decision, or determination appealed from and shall make such order, requirement, decision or determination as in its opinion ought to be made, and to that end, shall have all the powers of the Building Inspector. The concurring vote of four members of the Board shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirement, decision or determination appealed from or to decide in favor of the applicant on any matter on which it is required to pass or to effect a variance. The grounds of every such determination shall be stated and recorded.
B.
No action of the Board of Appeals shall have the effect of permitting in any district uses prohibited in such district by this chapter. The minutes of proceedings and hearings before the Board and all variances and special exceptions granted by it shall be filed promptly at the office of the Village Clerk and shall be open for public inspection during office hours.