[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Stratford 4-12-1988 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 and three Trustees of the Village Board, who shall be annually
appointed at the Board's organizational meeting. The Village
President shall make the appointments, subject to the confirmation
of the Village Board, at said organizational meeting.
C.
Meetings. In accordance with § 70.47(3)(b), Wis. Stats.,
the Village Board does hereby exercise its right to designate hours
for the annual Board of Review proceedings other than those set forth
in § 70.47(3)(a), Wis. Stats., and does hereby designate
the hours of the annual Board of Review meeting to be 10:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. The Board may adjourn from day to day or from time to time,
until such time as its business is completed, provided that adequate
notice of each adjournment is so given.
A.
Establishment.
(1)
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 a three-year term of office. The members
shall serve with such compensation as determined by the Village Board
and shall be removable by the Village Board for cause upon written
charges and upon public hearing. The Village President shall designate
one of the members Chairperson.
(2)
The
Village President shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the Village
Board, 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.[2]
B.
Powers. The Zoning Board of Appeals shall have the following powers:
(1)
To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in
any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative
official in the enforcement of the Zoning Code or Floodplain Zoning
Code.[3]
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
(4)
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.[4]
C.
Meeting and rules. All meetings of the Board shall be held at the
call of the Chairperson 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 Board and shall be a public record. The Board shall adopt its
own rules of procedure not in conflict with this section or with the
applicable Wisconsin Statutes.[5]
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 as follows:
one member for one year, two members for two years and two members
for three years from the succeeding first day of May.[1]
C.
Record. 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. 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.[2]
(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 of 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 its 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. The Commission shall oversee community development block grants. The Plan Commission shall hear all applications for conditional uses in the manner set forth in §§ 590-46 and 590-47. It shall review in the manner set forth in § 590-119B and hold public hearings on changes and amendments when delegated to do so by the Village Board under § 590-119C(2).[3]
E.
Public hearings. In addition to powers previously granted, the Plan
Commission shall have authority to set dates for and give notice of
public hearings in connection with any request made directly to such
Commission or referred to such Commission for a change in zoning district
or for a variance in zoning requirements.
The Water and Electric Commission, consisting of three Commissioners,
shall be appointed by the Village President, subject to confirmation
by the Village Board, to staggered three-year terms which shall commence
on the first day of the October following their appointment. The Water
and Electric Commission shall have the duties and powers set out in
§ 66.0805, Wis. Stats., except that personnel policies shall
be formulated in conjunction with the Personnel Committee of the Village
Board, and expenditures shall be separately approved by the Village
Board prior to payment.
[Added 10-9-2007]
A.
The Housing Commission, consisting of five Commissioners, shall be
appointed by the Village President, subject to confirmation by the
Village Board. The Housing Commission shall be comprised of two Trustees
of the Village Board and three Village residents. At least one of
the appointed Village residents must qualify as a low- or moderate-income
earner (annual income of 50% or less of the county median income).[1]
B.
The Housing Commission shall have the duties of supervising housing
grant performance, reviewing and approving housing loan applications,
and making emergency loan awards. The Commission shall meet on a monthly
basis during periods of grant activity. When grant funds are not active,
the Housing Commission shall meet as necessary in order to maintain
proper review of the Housing Grant Working Account and Revolving Loan
Fund.
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)
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, at the front door of the Municipal Building, 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 through 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.
No person not a resident of and not residing in the Village
shall be appointed to any Village board or commission. 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.
