[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Centuria 3-13-2006 as Title 2,
Ch. 4, of the 2006 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Composition.
(1)
The Board of Review shall be composed of the Village President, the
Village Clerk-Treasurer and all members of the Village Board. The
Village Clerk-Treasurer shall serve as Clerk of the Board of Review.
The Assessor shall attend all meetings of the Board of Review but
shall not vote.
(2)
Pursuant to §§ 70.47(6m)(c) and 70.46(1), Wis. Stats.,
the Village Board hereby provides for the appointment of alternates
to serve on the Board of Review in the event a standing board member
of the Board of Review is removed pursuant to § 70.47(a),
Wis. Stats., or recused pursuant to § 70.47(b), Wis. Stats.
(3)
Training requirement. No board of review may be constituted unless
at least one member completes in each year a training session under
§ 73.03(55), Wis. Stats. The Municipal Clerk shall provide
an affidavit to the Wisconsin Department of Revenue stating whether
the requirement under this subsection has been fulfilled
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. IV)]
B.
Compensation. The members of the Board of Review shall receive compensation
as determined by resolution of the Village Board.
C.
Duties. The duties and functions of the Board of Review shall be
as prescribed in §§ 70.46 and 70.47, Wis. Stats.
D.
Meetings. In accordance with § 70.47(3)b, Wis. Stats.,
the Village Board do hereby exercise their right to designate hours
for the annual Board of Review proceedings other than those set forth
in § 70.47(3)a, Wis. Stats., and shall designate the hours
of the annual Board of Review. The Board may adjourn from day to day
or from time to time until such time as its business is completed,
providing that adequate notice of each adjournment is so given.
E.
Objections to valuations to be written. No person shall be permitted
to appear and make objection before the Board of Review of the Village
of Centuria to the amount of valuation of any property unless objection
thereto shall first have been made in writing and filed with the Clerk
of the Board of Review.
A.
Establishment. A zoning board of appeals shall be appointed and governed
by the state zoning enabling law as contained in § 62.23,
Wis. Stats., Chapter 428, Zoning, of this Code, and this section.
The laws of the state or Village and local ordinances shall prevail
in that order. The Zoning Board of Appeals shall consist of five citizen
members and two alternate members, appointed by the Village President,
subject to confirmation by the Village Board, for a three-year term
of office. The members 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 Chairman.
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 Chapter 428, Zoning, of this Code,
or any ordinance adopted under § 62.23, 61.35 or 62.231
(wetlands), 87.30 or 144.26 (floodplains) or Ch. 91 (farmland preservation),
Wis. Stats.
(2)
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.
(3)
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 Chapter 428, Zoning, of this 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. The
Zoning Board of Appeals shall not grant use variances in floodplain
or wetland and conservancy districts. In all other districts, no use
variance shall be granted unless the applicant has first petitioned
for a zoning amendment or a conditional use permit, if applicable,
and upon a showing that no lawful and feasible use of the subject
property can be made in the absence of such variance. Any use variance
granted shall be limited to the specific use described in the Board's
decision and shall not permit variances in yard, area or other requirements
of the district in which located.
(4)
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 Chapter 428, Zoning, of this Code, for such public
utility purposes which are reasonably necessary for public convenience
and welfare.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. IV)]
(5)
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 Board
of Appeals may take action by a majority vote of the members present
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 any variation in the requirements
of Chapter 428, Zoning, of this Code. 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.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. IV)]
C.
Meeting and rules.
(1)
All meetings and hearings of the Zoning Board of Appeals shall be
open to the public, except that the Board may go into executive session
to deliberate after a hearing or an appeal. The final vote on an appeal
shall be taken in open session by roll call vote, recorded and open
for public inspection in the Board's office. Public notice of all
regular and special meetings shall be given to the public and news
media as required by the Wisconsin Open Meeting Law.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 19, Subch. V, Wis. Stats.
(2)
Special meetings may be called by the Chairman or by the Secretary
at the request of two members. Notice of a special meeting shall be
mailed to each member at least 48 hours prior to the time set for
the meeting, or announcement of the meeting shall be made at any meeting
at which all members are present.
(3)
Hearings may be held at any regular or special meeting at the time
set by the Chairman.
(4)
A quorum for any meeting or hearing shall consist of four members,
but a lesser number may meet and adjourn to a specified time.
(5)
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 examination and
other official actions, all of which shall be immediately filed in
the office of the Board and shall be public record. The Board shall
adopt its own rules of procedure not in conflict with this Code or
with the applicable Wisconsin Statutes.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. IV)]
(6)
No Board member shall participate in the decision of or vote upon
any case in which the member is financially interested, directly or
indirectly, but the Chairman shall direct an alternate member to act
instead. Disqualification of a member for interest shall not decrease
the number of votes required for acting upon any matter, but such
member may be counted in determining whether a quorum is present for
the transaction of business.
D.
Offices. The Village Board shall provide suitable offices for holding
hearings and the preservation of records, documents, and accounts.
A.
Composition. The Village Plan Commission shall consist of seven members.
All members shall be appointed by the Village President, who shall
also choose the presiding officer. The Village President may appoint
himself/herself to the Commission and may appoint other Village elected
or appointed officials, except that the Commission shall always have
at least three citizen members who are not Village officials.
B.
Appointment.
(1)
Village officials. The Village officials shall be annually appointed
by a 2/3 vote at the organizational meeting of the Village Board during
the month of April of each year.
(2)
Citizen members. The regular citizen members shall be appointed in
April for a term of three years, subject to confirmation by 2/3 of
the Village Board. The terms shall be staggered so that not more than
two members are appointed annually.
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-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 Master Plan.
(a)
The Plan Commission shall make, adopt and, as necessary, amend,
extend or add to the Master 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 Master 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, sites for public buildings and structures;
and 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 Master Plan as a whole by a single
resolution or, as the work of making the whole Master 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 Master 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 Village 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.
(3)
Miscellaneous powers. The Commission may make reports and recommendations
relating to the plan and development of the Village to public officials
and agencies, 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 Village Board may refer to the Commission for its
consideration and recommendation any matter pertaining to planning
and development of land within the Village and within 1 1/2 miles
of the limits of the Village. All plats or replats of any lands within
the limits of the Village or any lands outside the Village and within
1 1/2 miles of the limits of the Village shall be submitted to
the Commission for its recommendation to the Village Board before
the same are approved by the Village Board.
E.
Compensation; oath. Compensation may be established by the Village
Board for service on the Commission. Citizen members shall take the
official oath required by § 19.01, Wis. Stats., which shall
be filed with the Village Clerk-Treasurer.
F.
Organization. As soon as all members of the first Commission shall
have been appointed, the Village Clerk-Treasurer shall give each member
a written notice of the appointment and thereon shall fix the time
and place of the first meeting, which shall be not less than five
nor more than 10 days thereafter. Such Commission shall elect a Vice
Chairman and a Secretary and 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.
G.
Employees; budget. The Plan Commission shall have the power to employ
experts and such staff as may be necessary and to pay for their services
and such other expenses as may be necessary and proper, within the
limits of the budget established by the Village Board or placed at
its disposal through gift and subject to any ordinance or resolution
enacted by the Village Board. As far as possible, the Commission shall
utilize the services of existing Village officials and employees.
H.
Rules of procedure; report. The Plan Commission is hereby authorized
to adopt rules governing its own proceedings. The Commission shall
make a monthly report in writing to the Village Board of its transactions
and expenditures, if any, for the preceding month, with such general
recommendations as to matters covered by its prescribed duties and
authority as seem proper.
I.
Special meetings. Individuals
requesting a special meeting of the Plan Commission shall be required
to pay a fee as prescribed in the current Village Fee Schedule on
file in the Village offices.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. IV)]
A.
Membership and terms. Pursuant to § 43.54, Wis. Stats.,
the Library Board shall consist of five members appointed by the Village
President, subject to confirmation by the Village Board, to serve
staggered three-year terms. Terms of such members shall be from May
1 in the year of their appointment. One member shall be a school district
administrator or his/her representative and one member of the Village
Board shall serve on the Library Board. Up to two members may be residents
of towns adjacent to the Village pursuant to state law.
B.
Powers and duties. The Library Board shall have the powers and duties
prescribed by § 43.58, Wis. Stats.
C.
Budget and report. The Library Board shall submit to the Village
Board an annual report and budget on September 1.
A.
Creation. There is hereby created an electric utility commission
for the Village of Centuria, the members of which shall be selected
upon a nonpartisan basis, and which shall be known as the "Centuria
Electric Utility Commission."
B.
Members. The Electric Utility Commission shall consist of five members,
one of whom shall be appointed annually by the Village Board for a
term of five years beginning October 1.
C.
Organization. The members of the Electric Utility Commission shall
organize by choosing from among their number a Chairperson and Secretary.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. IV)]
D.
Management. Subject to the general supervision and control of the
Village Board, the Electric Utility Commission shall take entire charge
and management of the electric utility of the Village and shall supervise
the operation of said utility.
E.
Rules of procedure; manager; employees. The Electric Utility Commission
shall make rules for its own proceedings and for the government of
its department. It shall appoint a manager and engage the necessary
employees and fix their compensation, within the limits established
by the Village Board.
F.
Use of Village employees. The Commission, when necessary, may utilize
the services of the Village Engineer, Village Attorney and other officials
and employees upon such basis as shall be mutually agreed to. In such
case, the general fund shall be reimbursed by the Commission for the
pro rata cost of such services.
G.
Construction, extension and operation. The Electric Utility Commission
shall have such general powers in the construction, extension, improvement
and operation of the utility as shall be designated by the Village
Board. All construction work shall be under the immediate supervision
of the Village Board.
H.
Accounting; receipts and disbursements.
(1)
The Electric Utility Commission shall keep books of account in the
manner and form prescribed for utilities of its class by the Public
Service Commission, to be turned over to the Village Treasurer at
least once a month.
(2)
Expenditures of the utility shall be audited by the Electric Utility
Commission and, if approved, be paid by the Village Treasurer upon
warrant signed by the President and Secretary of the Commission.
A.
Management of utilities. Subject to the general supervision and control
of the Village Board, the systems for maintaining the public water
supply and the treatment of sewerage from homes and commercial establishments
other than industries maintaining private approved wastewater systems
shall be under the management of the Sewer and Water Commission.
B.
Appointment and term of office. The Sewer and Water Commission shall
consist of five members appointed pursuant to § 66.0805,
Wis. Stats.
C.
Meetings. Meetings shall be held on a set monthly meeting day and
time, and such other meetings shall be held as necessary after legal
notifications are given as to time, date and place of meeting.
D.
Organization. The Sewer and Water Commission shall choose from among
its members a Chairman and Secretary. Minutes of its meetings will
be kept and transmitted to the Village Clerk-Treasurer.
E.
Duties and responsibilities. The Sewer and Water Commission shall:
(1)
Generally oversee the management and operation of the Village sewer
and water utilities. The Commission shall have the authority to make
rules and regulations for the management of the utilities as it shall
from time to time find necessary for the safe, economical and efficient
operation of the departments.
(2)
Handle all customer complaints and problems that cannot be satisfactorily
resolved by the staff of the utilities and make recommendations to
the Village Board for resolution of such problems.
(3)
Review and make recommendations to the Village Board for changes
and amendments to the Village's ordinances regarding water and sewer
utility regulations and rates, sewer use, and miscellaneous utilities
regulations and policies.
(4)
Review and adopt an annual budget for the operation of the sewer
and water utilities.
(5)
Establish such other responsibilities necessary to effectuate their
duties.
F.
Accounting. The Village Treasurer shall administer all books of account,
which shall be on forms and in the manner prescribed by the Public
Service Commission. The Village Treasurer will supervise collections
for service, payroll, banking procedures, and preparation and submission
of such reports as may be required by the Public Service Commission,
the Department of Revenue and the Village Board.
A.
Appointments. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall consist of
five citizens appointed by the Village President and confirmed by
the Village Board. Each Commission member shall hold such office for
a term of three years, said terms to end April 30 in the year of expiration.
B.
Officers. The Commission shall annually elect one member as Chairperson.
The Village Clerk-Treasurer shall act as Treasurer of the Commission
and shall serve without additional compensation.
C.
Procedure. Three members shall constitute a quorum. The Chairperson,
or acting Chairperson, shall be considered in determining a quorum.
Action shall be by a majority of those present and voting. The Commission
shall adopt rules of procedure for governing the conduct of its meetings.
D.
Powers and duties. The Commission shall have all the powers conferred
by law upon park and recreation commissions and shall be chargeable
with all the duties so required, such as recommend, oversee work and
oversee funds of all parks, playgrounds and recreational activities
as part of properties within the Village. The Parks and Recreation
Commission is specifically empowered and directed:
(1)
To govern, manage, control, improve and care for all public parks
located within, or partly within and partly without, the corporate
limits of the Village and secure the quiet, orderly and suitable use
and enjoyment thereof by the people; also, to adopt the rules and
regulations to promote these purposes.
(2)
To acquire in the name of the Village for park purposes by gift,
purchase, devise, bequest or condemnation, either absolutely or in
trust, money, real or personal property, or any incorporeal right
or privilege, provided gifts to the Village of money or other property,
real or personal, either absolutely or in trust, for park purposes
shall be accepted only after they have been recommended by the Commission
to the Village Board and approved by said Village Board by resolution.
(3)
With prior Village Board approval, to buy or lease lands in the name
of the Village for park purposes within or without the Village and,
with the approval of the Village Board, to sell or exchange property
no longer required for its purpose.
(4)
To execute every trust imposed upon the use of property or property
rights by the deed, testament or other conveyance transferring the
title of such property to the Village for park purposes.
(5)
To have the powers necessary and convenient for the effective and
efficient management, control, supervision and operation of the Village
park system and recreation program, subject to budgetary approval
by the Village Board.
(6)
To have jurisdiction of the parks, swimming pool and playgrounds
throughout the Village and assume full responsibility for equipping,
developing and maintaining the physical facilities of the park system.
(7)
To establish such rules and regulations to promote the quiet, orderly
and suitable use of the Village parks and playgrounds as the Commission
shall deem necessary.
(8)
To establish rules and regulations, including user fees, as deemed
necessary as approved by the Village Board and desirable for the proper
use, care and operation of parks, park facilities, recreation programs
and other activities under its control; provided, however, that such
rules and regulations do not conflict with the laws of the State of
Wisconsin or this Code.
(9)
Such other and further duties as may be necessary for the proper
carrying out of the purposes of said Commission.
E.
Public recreation program. The Parks and Recreation Commission shall
determine the recreational needs and shall have jurisdiction over
the public recreation program of the Village and shall be empowered
to:
F.
Record. The Parks and Recreation 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.
G.
Finance.
(1)
Budget. The Commission shall assist in preparing an annual budget
for submission to the Village Board, which budget shall reflect the
Commission's recommendations as to maintenance or acquisition of Village
parks, open spaces, park and related facilities, recreation programs
and equipment, summer or seasonal employees, etc. Said annual budget
request shall contain estimates as to revenues to be derived from
recreation programs or activities as well as estimated expenditures
for operating the parks and recreation system.
(2)
Deposits. All revenues and income from the operation of park and
recreation programs shall be deposited with the Village Clerk-Treasurer
as a parks and revenue account of the Village.
(3)
Monetary contributions. All moneys donated to the Village specifically
for park or recreation use shall be deposited in Village accounts
as a nonlapsing fund or reserve for such specific use.
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 thereof; and/or
(3)
Post an agenda of the matters to be taken up at such meeting.
B.
Form of notice. Such notice shall set forth the time, date, place
and subject matter of the meeting, including that intended for consideration
at any contemplated closed session which may be authorized by law,
and may be in the following form:
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NOTICE OF MEETING
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VILLAGE OF CENTURIA, WISCONSIN
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(commission)
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Please take notice that a meeting of the (commission) of the
Village of Centuria will be held on (date), 20___, at (time) p.m.,
at the Centuria Village Hall, in Room ______ to consider the following:
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(Agenda items set forth).
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2.
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Such other matters as authorized by law.
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Dated:
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(Commission)
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By
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The Centuria Village Hall is accessible to the physically disadvantaged.
If special accommodations for visually or hearing impaired individuals
are need, please contact the Centuria Clerk-Treasurer at (telephone).
Members of the Centuria Village Board may be in attendance.
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C.
Notice to members. Every member of any board, commission or committee
of the Village of Centuria shall be notified by the secretary thereof
that a meeting is to be held, and the time and place of such meeting
and the subject to be considered there at. No member shall be intentionally
excluded from any meeting by a failure to give proper notice or a
reasonable attempt to give proper notice to such member.
D.
Minutes to be kept. Every board, commission and committee shall keep
a record of the minutes of its proceedings and shall cause a signed
copy thereof to be filed by its secretary with the Village Clerk-Treasurer
within one week of the meeting date. The Village Clerk-Treasurer shall
furnish a copy of all minutes filed with him to each member of the
Village Board. All such minutes shall be public records.
E.
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 to 19.89, Wis. Stats.
A.
Residency. Except for the Library Board and the Parks and Recreation
Commission, no person not a resident of and not residing in the Village
of Centuria shall be appointed in a voting capacity to any citizen
Village board, committee or commission listed in this chapter. 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.
B.
Attendance standard. Members of board, committees and commissions
are required to attend a minimum of 2/3 of the meetings in each six-month
period of their respective bodies, unless excused by majority vote
of the membership of their body. Failure to comply with this subsection
may result in the removal and replacement of the official found to
be in noncompliance by majority vote of the Village Board.
