The duties of the Town Board, Plan Commission, or designated staff include:
A.
Provide necessary forms and applications for permits.
B.
Issue zoning and sign permits where the provisions of this chapter have been complied with.
C.
Issue conditional use permits and certificates of compliance.
D.
Identify and keep an accurate file of all nonconforming uses and structures.
E.
Review at public hearings all petitions for rezoning and amendments to this chapter and make recommendations to the Town Board.
F.
Maintain complete files of applications, permits, and other relevant information.
G.
Upon reasonable cause to revoke any zoning permit and issue cease-and-desist orders requiring the cessation of any building, moving, alteration or use which is in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
Anyone that desires to amend the zoning district boundaries or of the regulations contained in this chapter must obtain a petition from the Town Clerk, filling out the petition completely, and file the petition with the appropriate fee and a list of property owners within 500 feet of the petitioned property in the Agricultural and Industrial District and 300 feet in all other districts. All fees are nonrefundable. No application shall be accepted by the Zoning Administrator until deemed complete as judged by the Zoning Administrator and until the application is signed and all fees established have been paid in full.
A.
Required hearing. No amendment of this chapter shall become effective until it is forwarded to the Plan Commission for review and recommendation. Once the Plan Commission forwards their recommendation to the Town Board, a public hearing is scheduled to allow parties in interest and citizens to be heard. If the Plan Commission does not provide a recommendation within 90 days, the Town Board may proceed to hold a public hearing without the recommendation.
B.
Notice of hearing. A Class 2 notice under Chapter 985, Wis. Stats. The Town Clerk will also notify property owners within 500 feet in the Agricultural and Industrial District and 300 feet in all other districts sent by first-class mail.
[Amended 12-9-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-06]
C.
Notification to adjoining municipality. At least 10 days before the public hearing, a written notice of such hearing shall also be given to the Clerk of any municipality whose boundaries are within 500 feet of any lands included in the proposed amendment. Failure to give such notice shall not invalidate such amendment.
A.
Following the public hearing and after careful consideration of the Plan Commission's recommendations and findings of fact, the Town Board shall take action to approve, amend, or deny the proposed amendment or to refer it back to the Plan Commission for reconsideration. In taking action, the Town Board shall include findings of fact.
B.
If the Town Board approves the zoning amendment, it is forwarded to the county and shall only become effective upon approval by the County Board of Supervisors.
A.
Upon consideration of the Plan Commission's recommendations and "findings of fact," the Town Board must make a motion to either send the rezoning back to the Plan Commission for further consideration, approve the rezoning, or deny the rezoning. The Town Board has the option of revising the Plan Commission's "finding of fact" in their motion.