[Amended 10-6-2008 by L.L. No. 4-2008; 7-30-2018 by L.L. No. 8-2018]
The Board of Appeals heretofore established
is hereby continued. It shall consist of five members, each of whom
shall serve for a term of five years, and three alternate members,
who shall serve for a term of one year. Alternate members shall substitute
for a member in the event such member is absent or otherwise unable
to serve. Members and alternate members of the Board of Appeals shall
be appointed by the Mayor, subject to the approval of the Board of
Trustees, and shall serve without pay. Notwithstanding any other provision
of law to the contrary, with the consent of the Board of Trustees,
a member of the Board of Appeals shall not be required to be a resident
of the Village of Hewlett Neck, but shall be a resident of Nassau
County.
[Added 1-5-1998 by L.L. No. 1-1998;
amended 6-6-2005 by L.L. No. 1-2005]
A. The Board of Appeals shall make rules and regulations
as to the manner of filing appeals, applications for variances and
all other matters requiring action by said Board.
B. Upon the filing of an application with the Board of
Appeals, and upon payment of the required fee and deposit, the Board
shall fix a time and place for a public hearing, and notice of such
hearing shall be provided as follows:
(1) The Board of Appeals shall publish or cause to be
published a notice of the public hearing in the official Village newspaper
at least five days prior to the date of the public hearing.
(2) The applicant shall prepare a map (in the form required by the Village)
showing the names of the owners of all parcels of property located
within a radius of 300 feet of the subject property, measured from
all points of the property lines of the subject premises. At least
10 days but not more than 20 days prior to the scheduled date of the
hearing, the applicant shall send a copy of the notice of public hearing
(on the form provided by the Village) to all such owners in a manner
authorized by the Board of Trustees by resolution, from time to time.
[Amended 9-6-2017 by L.L.
No. 4-2017]
(a)
The names of said owners shall be taken as they appear on the
last completed tax roll of the Village, except that the addresses
must be those of the actual places of residence of the addressees.
(b)
The applicant shall file or cause to be filed a radius map and
an affidavit of mailing (on the form provided by the Village), having
attached thereto a true and complete copy of the notice of public
hearing, with the Village Clerk not less than three days prior to
the scheduled date of the public hearing, together with any return
receipt cards or returned or undeliverable envelopes. Failure to deliver
the radius map, the affidavit of mailing, and the return receipt cards
or returned or undeliverable envelopes, if the manner of service requires
return receipt cards, to the Village in accordance with this section
may result in the application being stricken from the calendar.
[Amended 6-6-2005 by L.L. No. 1-2005]
A. Fees: A fee of $500 shall be required for any application
to the Board of Appeals.
B. Costs.
(1) On all applications to the Board of Appeals, the applicant
shall be liable for and shall pay to the Village the following costs
which may be incurred by the Village in processing the application:
(b)
Stenographic minutes of meetings and hearings.
(g)
Planning, sound, traffic, environmental or other
specialized studies.
(h)
Any other costs attributable to the application.
(2) All of the foregoing costs shall be consistent with
the costs for the services then prevailing in the community.
C. Deposits.
(1) In addition to the fee required in Subsection
A hereof, the applicant shall deposit the sum of $2,000 with the Village Clerk, which deposit is required to defray the actual costs listed in Subsection
B hereof, which will actually and necessarily be incurred by the Village in processing the application.
[Amended 5-5-2008 by L.L. No. 1-2008]
(2) In the event that the amount of the deposit required in Subsection
C is insufficient to cover the costs listed in Subsection
B hereof, the applicant shall, at such time as is fixed by the Village Clerk, deposit with the Village an amount deemed sufficient to defray all such costs.
(3) If the amount deposited exceeds the actual costs listed in Subsection
B, which are actually and necessarily incurred by the Village, the unused portion of such deposit shall be returned to the applicant within 120 days after the decision on the application is filed.
D. Action on application. No action shall be taken by the Board of Appeals on any application subject to the requirements of this section, nor shall any building permit or certificate of occupancy or completion be issued for the property, until all fees and deposits required hereunder are paid in full or modified by the Board of Trustees pursuant to Subsection
F hereof.
[Amended 5-5-2008 by L.L. No. 1-2008]
E. Inconsistent prior fees and deposits superseded. The
provisions of this section shall supersede all prior requirements
for fees and deposits applicable to applications to the Board of Appeals.
F. Hardship review. In the event that any fee or deposit
established in this section creates an economic or other hardship,
application may be made to the Board of Trustees, which is hereby
authorized to modify such fee and/or deposit, in its legislative discretion,
after an appropriate hearing.
Where a lot is situated partly within the Village
and partly outside the Village, the Board of Appeals may permit the
regulations of this chapter to be applied to the entire lot or to
such portion, or it as the Board may determine, in the same manner
and to the same extent as if such lot or portion thereof had been
situated entirely within the Village and within the same zoning district
established by this chapter. For such purpose, the Board may impose
conditions by way of deed restrictions or otherwise, which will assure
that the portion of the lot outside of the Village is not severed
or detached and is effectively bound by the regulations as so applied
to the same extent as the portion of the lot within the Village.