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Planning Board reviews clarifying changes to Board of Appeals ordinance; appeals members to return with suggestions
Summary
The board considered amendments to the Board of Appeals Ordinance to require that appeals first be heard by the Planning Board or Code Enforcement Officer and be accompanied by a Final Decision Document or Notice of Denial. Three Appeals Board members present voiced support and will propose suggested edits.
The Starks Planning Board reviewed proposed clarifications to the town's Board of Appeals Ordinance in a discussion on July 3.
Under the draft language reviewed, Section V (Powers and Limitations), paragraph A.3 (Administrative Appeals) would be amended to state that the Appeals Board may not take up any appeal unless the matter has first been heard by the Planning Board or the Code Enforcement Officer and a Final Decision Document by the Planning Board or a Notice of Denial from the CEO has been issued. The Application for Appeal would also be required to specify the findings in the Final Decision Document or Notice of Denial that are the subject of the appeal and provide justification for granting a variance.
The minutes record that the three Appeals Board members who attended supported the proposed changes and agreed that the existing ordinance contains language that could be made more comprehensible. They told the Planning Board they would return with suggested amendments.
The minutes do not record a formal vote on the ordinance amendments; rather, the item was discussed and the Appeals Board representatives committed to drafting suggested clarifications.
