A Board of Appeals shall be appointed as specified in §§ 60.74
and 62.23, Wis. Stats. Each member of said Board of Appeals shall
receive the sum of $5 per meeting as and for compensation, retroactive
to February 14, 1974, and shall be removable by the Mayor for cause
upon written charges and after public hearing. The Board of Appeals
shall make and file in the office of the City of Hayward its own rules
of procedure consistent with the statutes. It shall have the following
powers:
A. To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged that the Building
Inspector has made an erroneous finding or order.
B. To hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of this chapter
upon which the Board is required to pass.
C. 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, requirements,
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 pay or to effect a variance. The grounds
of every such determination shall be stated and recorded.
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 City of Hayward's Clerk/Treasurer and
shall be open for public inspection during office hours.