[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of
the Village of Siren 1-8-1988 as Title 2, Ch. 4 of the 1988 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
A.
Composition. The Board of Review shall consist of
the Village President, the Clerk-Treasurer and the Village Board.
The President of the Village Board shall make the appointments, subject
to the confirmation of the Board of Trustees, at the organizational
meeting.
A.
Establishment. A Zoning Board of Appeals shall be
appointed as specified in § 62.23(7)(e), Wis. Stats. The
Zoning Board of Appeals shall consist of five citizen members appointed
by the Village President, subject to confirmation by the Village Board,
for three-year terms of office, except that of those first appointed
one shall serve for one year, two for two years and two for three
years. The members of the Board shall serve at such compensation to
be fixed by ordinance and shall be removable by the Village President
for cause upon written charges and after public hearing. The Village
President shall designate one of the members as Chair. The Board of
Appeals may employ a secretary and other employees. Vacancies shall
be filled for the unexpired terms of members whose terms become vacant.
The Village President shall appoint, for staggered terms of three
years, two alternate members of such Board in addition to the five
members above provided for. Annually, the Village President shall
designate one of the alternate members as first alternate and the
other as second alternate. The first alternate shall act, with full
power, only when a member of the Board refuses to vote because of
interest or when a member is absent. The second alternate shall so
act only when the first alternate so refuses or is absent or when
more than one member of the Board so refuses or is absent. The above
provisions with regard to removal and the filling of vacancies shall
apply to such alternates.[1]
B.
Powers.
(1)
The Zoning Board of Appeals shall have the following
powers:
(b)
To
hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of the Village zoning
and floodplain zoning regulations upon which the Board of Appeals
is required to pass.
(c)
To
authorize, upon appeal in specific cases, such variance from the terms
of the Village zoning regulations as will not be contrary to the public
interest, where, owing to special conditions, a literal enforcement
will result in practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship, so that
the spirit of the Zoning Code shall be observed, public safety and
welfare secured and substantial justice done; provided, however, that
no such action shall have the effect of establishing in any district
a use or uses not permitted in such district.
(d)
To
permit the erection and use of a building or premises in any location,
subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards in harmony with the
general purposes of the Zoning Code, for such purposes which are reasonably
necessary for public convenience and welfare.
(2)
The Zoning Board of Appeals may reverse or affirm,
wholly or in part, or may modify any order, requirement, decision
or determination appealed from and may make such order, requirement,
decision or determination as in its opinion ought to be made. If a
quorum is present, the Zoning Board of Appeals may take action by
a majority of the members present. The grounds of every such determination
shall be stated and recorded. No order of the Zoning Board of Appeals
granting a variance shall be valid for a period longer than six months
from the date of such order unless the land use permit is obtained
within such period and the erection or alteration of a building is
started or the use is commenced within such period.[3]
C.
Meetings and rules. All meetings of the Board shall
be held at the call of the Chair and at such other times as the Board
may determine. All hearings conducted by said Board shall be open
to the public. The Board shall keep minutes of its proceedings showing
the vote of each member upon each question or, if absent or failing
to vote, indicating such fact and shall keep records of its examinations
and other official actions, all of which shall be immediately filed
in the office of the Village Clerk-Treasurer and shall be public record.
The Board shall adopt its own rules of procedure not in conflict with
this section or with the applicable Wisconsin Statutes.
A.
Composition. The Village Plan Commission shall consist
of the Village President, one Trustee and five citizens. The Village
President shall be the Commission's presiding officer.
B.
Appointment.
(1)
Trustee member. The Trustee member shall be annually
appointed by a two-thirds vote at the organizational meeting of the
Village Board during the month of April of each year.
(2)
Citizen members. The five regular citizen members
of the Commission shall be appointed by the Village President, subject
to confirmation by the Village Board. The original citizen members
shall be appointed upon creation of the Commission and shall hold
office for a period of one, two and three years, respectively, from
the succeeding first day of May, and thereafter annually during the
month of April such member shall be appointed for a term of three
years.
C.
Records. The Plan Commission shall keep a written
record of its proceedings, to include all actions taken, a copy of
which shall be filed with the Village Clerk-Treasurer. Four members
shall constitute a quorum, but all actions shall require the affirmative
approval of a majority of all of the members of the Commission.
D.
Duties.
(1)
The Comprehensive Plan.[1]
(a)
The Plan Commission shall make, adopt and, as
necessary, amend, extend or add to the Comprehensive Plan, subject
to Village Board confirmation, for the physical development of the
Village, including areas outside of its boundaries which, in the Plan
Commission's judgment, bear relation to the development of the Village.
The Comprehensive Plan, with the accompanying maps, plats and descriptive
and explanatory matter, shall show the Commission's recommendations
for such physical development and may include, among other things,
without limitation because of enumeration, the general location, character
and extent of streets, highways, freeways, street grades, roadways,
walks, parking areas, public places and areas, parks, parkways, playgrounds,
and sites for public buildings and structures; the general location
and extent of sewers, water conduits and other public utilities, whether
privately or publicly owned; the acceptance, widening, narrowing,
extension, relocation, removal, vacation, abandonment or change of
use of any of the foregoing public ways, grounds, places, spaces,
buildings, properties, utilities, routes or terminals; the general
location, character and extent of community centers and neighborhood
units; and a comprehensive zoning plan.
(b)
The Commission may adopt the Comprehensive Plan
as a whole by a single resolution or, as the work of making the whole
Comprehensive Plan progresses, may from time to time by resolution
adopt a part or parts thereof, any such part to correspond generally
with one or more of the functional subdivisions of the subject matter
of the plan. The adoption of the plan or any part, amendment or addition
shall be by resolution carried by the affirmative votes of not less
than a majority of all the members of the Plan Commission, subject
to confirmation by the Village Board. The resolution shall refer expressly
to the maps, descriptive matter, and other matters intended by the
Commission to form the whole or any part of the plan, and the action
taken shall be recorded on the adopted plan or part thereof by the
identifying signature of the Secretary of the Commission, and a copy
of the plan or part thereof shall be certified to the Village Board.
The purpose and effect of the adoption and certifying of the Comprehensive
Plan or part thereof shall be solely to aid the Plan Commission and
the Village Board in the performance of their duties.
(2)
Matters referred to Plan Commission. The Village Board
or officer of the Village having final authority thereon shall refer
to the Plan Commission for its consideration and report, before final
action is taken by the Board, public body or officer, the following
matters: the location of any statue or other memorial; the location,
acceptance, extension, alteration, vacation, abandonment, change of
use, sale, acquisition of land for or lease of land for any street,
alley or other public way, park, playground, airport, area for parking
vehicles, or other memorial or public grounds; the location, extension,
abandonment or authorization for any public utility, whether publicly
or privately owned; all plats of lands in the Village or within the
territory over which the Village is given platting jurisdiction by
Ch. 236, Wis. Stats.; the location, character and extent or acquisition,
leasing or sale of lands for public or semipublic housing, slum clearance,
relief of congestion, or vacation camps for children; and the amendment
or repeal of any land use ordinance. Unless such report from the Commission
is made within 30 days or such longer period as may be stipulated
by the Village Board, the Board or other public body or officer may
take final action without it.
(3)
Miscellaneous powers. The Commission may make reports
and recommendations relating to the plan and development of the Village
to public officials and agencies, public utility companies, civic,
educational, professional and other organizations and citizens. It
may recommend to the Village Board programs for public improvements
and the financing thereof. All public officials shall, upon request,
furnish to the Commission, within a reasonable time, such available
information as it may require for its work. The Commission, its members
and employees, in the performance of their functions, may enter upon
any land, make examinations and surveys, and place and maintain necessary
monuments and markers thereon. In general, the Commission shall have
such powers as may be necessary to enable it to perform its functions
and promote municipal planning in cooperation with the Village Board.
[Amended 2-10-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-01]
[Added 5-8-1997 (Sec. 11-1-2 of the 1988 Code); amended 11-11-2004]
A.
A portion of the accommodation room tax to be used
for advertising and tourism promotion and development will be appropriated
to the Tourism Commission by the Village Board each year as part of
the annual budget.[1]
B.
The Village President shall appoint six Commission
members, with the approval of the Village Board, each year by the
first day of June. Commissioners are not required to be residents
of the Village of Siren except for the one Village of Siren citizen
member and Siren Village Board representatives. Commissioners shall
serve one-year terms and may be reappointed.
[Amended 2-10-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-01; 3-8-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-03; 7-5-2012 by Ord. No.
2012-09; 6-6-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-01]
(1)
One member appointed by the Burnett County Natural
Resources Committee.
(2)
One Village of Siren citizen member. This appointment
takes effect as of the first day of June 2005.
(3)
One member of the Wisconsin hotel and motel industry.
(4)
One member of the Siren Chamber of Commerce.
(5)
Two members from the Siren Village Board.
C.
The Commission shall organize at its first meeting
and annually thereafter elect a Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary/Treasurer
and such other officers as may in the judgment of the members be necessary.
D.
Meetings shall be called by the Chair or Vice Chair,
and the Secretary/Treasurer shall give notice of the meetings as the
Commission may from time to time prescribe.
E.
The Commission shall keep minutes of its meetings,
and a copy of the minutes shall be filed with the Village Clerk-Treasurer.
The Commission shall also file an annual report on all activities
and expenditures with the Village Clerk-Treasurer.
F.
Three voting members shall constitute a quorum, but
all actions shall require an affirmative vote of a majority of all
voting members of the Commission.
G.
The Commission shall work with the Siren Village Board
and the Burnett County Natural Resources Committee in the promotion
and development of tourism for Burnett County.
[Amended 2-10-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-01]
A.
Regular meetings; public notice. Every board, committee
and commission created by or existing under the ordinances of the
Village shall:
(1)
Schedule a date, time and place for its meetings;
(2)
Post or, when necessary, publish notice in or notify
the official Village newspaper in advance of each such regular meeting
of the date, time, and place thereof, in compliance with state law;
and/or
(3)
Post an agenda of the matters to be taken up at such
meeting.
B.
Special meetings. Nothing in Subsection A shall preclude the calling of a special meeting or dispensing with the publication of notice or such posting of the agenda, for good cause, but such special meetings shall nonetheless comply in all respects with the provisions of §§ 19.81 and 19.89, Wis. Stats.
C.
Minutes. The secretary of each board, committee and
commission shall file a copy of the meeting minutes of such board
or commission with the Village Clerk-Treasurer.
[Amended 2-10-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-01]
Except where the Village Board provides otherwise
in the ordinance establishing a board or commission, a person who
is not a resident of and who is not residing in the Village shall
not be appointed in a voting capacity to any Village board or commission.
When residency is required, any board or commission member who moves
from the Village shall be removed from such board or commission but
may be appointed to serve in an ex officio capacity.
