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Zoning and Planning Board of Appeals outlines process for license and permit appeals
Summary
Board members were briefed on how staff will present and defend denials of licenses and permits under Chapter 10; board to decide whether staff met the burden of proof. Staff listed likely permit types and said liquor and building permits are handled elsewhere.
Noel Elmerson, president of the Zoning and Planning Board of Appeals, called the meeting to order and opened a discussion about the board’s role in hearing appeals of license and permit denials under Chapter 10.
A staff member told the board that when an application is denied and the applicant appeals, the staff member who made the denial will appear before the board, present the applicable ordinance section and supporting evidence, and bear the burden of proving the denial was justified. "As you may have heard, there have some keynotes to this board's jurisdiction, namely overseeing the appeals of any license or permanent application on our chapter 10,"…
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