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Shorewood Board of Appeals: Appeal over neighbor’s pool dismissed as untimely and beyond board’s authority
Summary
The Shorewood Board of Appeals denied a neighbor’s appeal seeking review of the village manager’s refusal to overturn a building permit for a pool at 2511 East Menlo Boulevard, finding the appeal untimely and outside the board’s jurisdiction.
The Shorewood Board of Appeals on a recorded vote denied an appeal from neighbors who asked the board to overturn a building permit that allowed construction of a pool at 2511 East Menlo Boulevard, finding the appeal untimely and the manager’s decision not to intervene not reviewable by the board.
Village attorney Matthew Bayer told the board the matter presented two jurisdictional obstacles: the appeal of the underlying permit was filed past the village’s 30-day appeal window, and the papered request actually sought to challenge the village manager’s decision not to overrule the inspector — a step Bayer said the code and state law do not allow. “My opinion is it does not,” Bayer said when asked whether the Board of Appeals had jurisdiction to hear the matter.
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