Village of Elm Grove, WI Article III Plan Commission

[Adopted 12-6-1982; as amended through 5-27-2003]

§ 7-9 Establishment; membership.

The Village Plan Commission is hereby established. The Commission shall consist of the Village President, who shall be its presiding officer, a Village Trustee and five Village residents of recognized experience and qualification. Additionally, the Village President may appoint, with the approval of the Plan Commission, one person engaged in business in the Village but not a resident thereof as a nonofficial member of the Commission who may participate in all discussions of the Commission but who shall be a nonvoting member thereof.

§ 7-10 Terms of office.

A. The Trustee member of the Commission shall serve for a term of one year and be elected by a 2/3 vote of the Village Board each April. The term of the Trustee member shall commence on the occurrence of the latter of the date upon which said Trustee's term as Trustee commenced pursuant to § 61.23(2), Wis. Stats., and the date upon which said Trustee was duly appointed a member of the Plan Commission pursuant to this section.

B. Citizen members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Village President and be approved by the Village Board. Citizen members shall serve for a period of three years, and their terms shall expire on the first day of May of the final year of their term.

C. The term of office of any nonofficial member shall be one year or until his or her successor shall have been appointed and qualified.

§ 7-11 Reports.

The Village Trustee who is elected to the Plan Commission shall submit a report of each Plan Commission meeting at the first regularly scheduled Village Board meeting thereafter.

§ 7-12 Meetings and hearings.

A. All meetings of the Commission shall be held at the Village Hall unless otherwise announced in the public notice of the meeting and shall be open to the public. Meetings of the Commission shall be held at the call of the Chairperson or at such other times as the Village Board may request.

B. Public hearings may be held before the Plan Commission alone, as a body, and its recommendation subsequently submitted to the Village Board for approval and action.

§ 7-13 Powers and duties.

The powers and duties of the Commission shall be to:

A. Keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations, which record shall be a public record.

B. Perform such duties as are delegated to the Commission by any ordinances of the village.

C. Recommend to the Village President or Village Board programs for public improvements and the financing thereof.

D. Parks and playgrounds.

(1) When requested by the Village Board, the Plan Commission may delegate to the Recreation and Park Committee jurisdiction to recommend updates to the master plan for the Village Center for final approval by the Village Board.

(2) Recommendations to the Village Board with respect to any updating recommendations made pursuant to Subsection D(1) above shall be reviewed and submitted by the Plan Commission.

E. Advise regarding the planning and protection of trees and other improvements along highways and on public property.

F. Report on matters referred to it by the Village Board or other public bodies or officers.

G. Approve any proposed subdivision and inspect and recommend as to the zoning thereof before acceptance by the Village Board.

H. Recommend to the Village Board with respect to amendment and addition to Chapter 106, Building Construction, and Chapter 335, Zoning.

I. Define the limits of zoning districts upon the request of the Board of Appeals when a request for interpretation of the Zoning Map is made due to district boundaries being undeterminable from the Zoning Map.

J. Review and recommend any amendment to the Official Map of the village.

K. Make and adopt a master plan for the physical development of the village in accordance with the provisions of § 62.23(2), Wis. Stats.

L. Review and recommend to the Village Board of Trustees the adoption and amendment of design guidelines pursuant to § 62.23, Wis. Stats.

M. In performance of its function, enter upon any land and make examination thereof.

N. At its discretion, make such recommendations to the Village Board as it deems advisable.

O. With regard to floodplain zoning under Chapter 335, Zoning:

(1) Review and act upon all proposed amendments to the floodplain zoning ordinance.

(2) Maintain a complete public record of all proceedings.

(3) Advise the Board of Appeals and the Village Board concerning floodplain zoning both upon request and upon its own initiative.

§ 7-14 Appeals.

Unless it is specified that the appeal of a Plan Commission decision is to be taken to the Board of Appeals, appeals from any order of the Plan Commission denying any application presented to it for approval may be taken up by any person aggrieved thereby to the Village Board. Such appeals shall be taken within a period of 10 days after the making of such order by filing with the Village Clerk a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof, together with a filing fee as may from time to time be determined by the Village Board. The Village Clerk shall forthwith set a date for hearing of such appeal and prepare an appeal file containing all the papers in such matter. The Board shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of the appeal, give public notice thereof and decide the same within a reasonable time. At the hearing, any party may appear in person or by an agent or attorney.