[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Glenwood
City 12-1-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-02 as Title 2, Ch. 4, of the 2003 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
A.
Composition. The Board of Review shall consist of three Aldermen
annually appointed at the Council's organizational meeting by
the Mayor, subject to Council confirmation.
B.
Duties. The duties and functions of the Board of Review shall be
as prescribed in §§ 70.46 and 70.47, Wis. Stats.
C.
Board's duty. The Board shall carefully examine the assessment
roll and correct all apparent errors in description or computation.
It shall add all omitted property but shall not raise or lower the
assessment of any property except after hearing, as provided by the
statutes.
D.
Hours. Pursuant to § 70.47(3)(b), Wis. Stats., the change
in the designated session time for the first meeting shall be not
fewer than two hours.
A.
Organization; terms.
(1)
There is hereby created, pursuant to Chapter 43 of the Wisconsin
Statutes, a Municipal Library Board for the Glenwood City Public Library
consisting of a seven-member Board in three classes, three of such
members to serve for a period of three years, two to serve for two
years, and two to serve for a period of one year.
(2)
Terms of such members shall be from May 1 in the year of their appointment,
and thereafter each regular appointment shall be for a term of three
years. Not more than one member of the Common Council body shall at
any one time be a member of the Library Board. The School Superintendent
or his designee shall appoint as one of the Library Board members
a school district administrator, or his representative, to represent
the public school district or districts in which the library is located.
Members shall be residents of the City of Glenwood City, except that
not more than two members may be residents of other municipalities.[1]
(3)
A majority of the membership of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
(4)
As soon as practicable after the first appointments, at a date and
place fixed by the appointing officer, and annually thereafter, within
30 days after the time designated in this section for the beginning
of terms, the members of the Library Board shall organize by election
from among their number a President and such other officers that they
deem necessary. The Library Board shall prescribe and adopt rules
and regulations for the operation of the library.[2]
A.
Establishment. A Zoning Board of Appeals shall be appointed as specified
in § 62.23(7)(e), Wis. Stats. The Zoning Board of Appeals
shall consist of five members and two alternate members appointed
by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Common Council, for a
term of three years. The members shall be compensated as determined
by the Council and shall be removable by the Common Council for cause
upon written charges and upon public hearing. The Mayor shall designate
one of the members Chairperson.
B.
Powers. The Zoning Board of Appeals shall have the following powers:
(1)
To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is an error
in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative
official in the enforcement of the City's zoning or building
code ordinances.
(2)
To hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of City zoning
and floodplain zoning or building code regulations upon which the
Zoning Board of Appeals is required to pass.
(3)
To authorize, upon appeal in specific cases, such variance from the
terms of the City's zoning or building code 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 the zoning or building 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.[1]
(4)
To permit in appropriate cases, and subject to appropriate conditions
and safeguards in harmony with the general purpose and intent of the
zoning code, a building or premises to be erected or used for such
public utility purposes in any location which is reasonably necessary
for the public convenience and welfare.[2]
(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, a majority
vote of the members present shall be necessary 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 the City's
zoning ordinances. 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 a zoning permit is obtained within such
period and the erection or alteration of a building is started or
the use is commenced within such period.[3]
C.
Meetings and rules. All meetings of the Zoning Board of Appeals shall
be held at the call of the Chairperson and at such other times as
the Board may determine. All hearings conducted by said Board shall
be open to the public. The Zoning Board of Appeals 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 examinations and other official actions, all of
which shall be immediately filed in the office of the City Clerk-Treasurer
and shall be a public record. The Board shall adopt its own rules
of procedure not in conflict with this section or with applicable
Wisconsin Statutes.[4]
D.
Offices. The Common Council shall provide suitable meeting space
for holding the hearings of the Zoning Board of Appeals.
E.
Appropriations. The Common Council shall appropriate funds to carry
out the duties of the Zoning Board of Appeals, and the Board shall
have the authority to expend, under regular procedures, all sums appropriated
to it for the purpose and activities authorized herein.
A.
Appointment. All members of the Planning Commission shall be appointed
by the Mayor, who shall also choose the presiding officer. The Mayor
may appoint himself or herself to the Commission and may appoint other
City elected or appointed officials, except that the Commission shall
always have at least three citizen members who are not City officials.
B.
Term. The members of the Commission shall be appointed to hold office
for a period of three years. Appointments shall be made by the Mayor
during the month of April for terms that expire in April or at any
other time if a vacancy occurs during the middle of a term.
C.
Functions. It shall be the function and duty of the Commission to
make and adopt a master plan for the physical development of the City,
including any areas outside of its boundaries which in the Commission's
judgment bear relation to the development of the City. This shall
include the preparation of a comprehensive plan per § 66.1001,
Wis. Stats. The Commission may adopt rules for the transaction of
business and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions,
findings and determinations, which record shall be a public record.
The mandatory provisions of § 62.23, Wis. Stats., are incorporated
by reference.[1]
A.
Regular meetings; public notice.
(1)
Every board, committee and commission created by or existing under
the ordinances of the City shall:
B.
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.
No person not a resident of and not residing in the City of Glenwood City shall be appointed to any City board or commission, except members of a committee or person appointed per the terms of § 62.13(6m), Wis. Stats., and § 109-6 of this Code acting as a police discipline committee, who are specifically exempted from this residency requirement, and except that the Library Board, pursuant to state law, may have as members up to two persons who reside in other municipalities, and except members appointed to the Summer Rec Committee. Except as provided herein, any board or commission member who moves from the City shall immediately be removed from such board or commission.
