[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of
the Village of New Glarus 1-18-2000 by Ord. No. 99-14 as Title 2,
Ch. 4 of the 2000 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
Composition. The Board of Review of the Village of
New Glarus shall be composed of the Village President and all Village
Trustees. The Village Clerk-Treasurer shall serve as Clerk of the
Board of Review but shall not be a voting member unless called upon
to serve as an alternate member for the Board of Review. The Assessor
shall attend all meetings of the Board of Review but shall not vote.
[Amended 10-21-2003 by Ord. No. 03-08]
B.
Compensation. The members of the Board of Review shall
receive compensation as determined by resolution of the Village Board.
C.
Duties. The duties and functions of the Board of Review
shall be as prescribed in §§ 70.46 and 70.47, Wis.
Stats.
D.
Meetings. In accordance with § 70.47(3)b,
Wis. Stats., the Village Board does hereby exercise its right to designate
hours for the annual Board of Review proceedings other than those
set forth in § 70.47(3)a and shall designate the hours of
the annual Board of Review. The Board may adjourn from day to day
or from time to time, until such time as its business is completed,
providing that adequate notice of each adjournment is so given.
E.
Objections to valuations to be written. No person
shall be permitted to appear and make objection before the Board of
Review of the Village of New Glarus to the amount of valuation of
any property, unless objection thereto shall first have been made
in writing and filed with the Clerk of the Board of Review.
F.
Confidentiality of income and expenses provided to
Assessor for assessment purposes.
[Added 8-15-2000 by Ord. No. 00-01]
(1)
This Subsection F adopts by reference § 70.47(7)(af), Wis. Stats. Income and expense information provided by a property owner to an assessor for the purpose of establishing the valuation for assessment purposes by the income method of valuation shall be confidential and not a public record open to inspection or copying under § 19.35(1), Wis. Stats.
(2)
Exceptions. An officer may make disclosure of such
information under the following circumstances:
(a)
The Assessor has access to such information in the
performance of his/her duties.
(b)
The Board of Review may review such information when
needed, in its opinion, to decide upon a contested assessment.
(c)
Another person or body has the right to review such
information due to the intimate relationship to the duties of an office
or as set by law.
(d)
The officer is complying with a court order.
(e)
The person providing the income and expense information
has contested the assessment level at either the Board of Review or
by filing a claim for excessive assessment under § 74.37,
Wis. Stats., in which case the base records are open and public.
[Amended 7-1-2003 by Ord.
No. 03-04; 7-20-2021 by Ord. No. 21-05]
A.
Establishment. A Zoning Board of Appeals shall be appointed and governed
by the State Zoning Enabling Law as contained in § 62.23,
Wis. Stats., the Village Zoning Code[1] and this chapter. The laws of the state or Village and
local ordinances shall prevail in that order. The Zoning Board of
Appeals shall consist of five citizen members and two alternate members
appointed by the Village President subject to confirmation by the
Village Board for a three-year term of office. The members shall be
removable by the Village Board for cause upon written charges and
upon public hearing. The Village President shall designate one of
the members as Chairman.
B.
Powers. The Zoning Board of Appeals shall have the following powers:
(1)
To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in
any order, requirement, decision or determination made by an administrative
official in the enforcement of the Zoning Code or any ordinance adopted
under § 62.23, § 61.35 or § 62.231 (wetlands),
§ 87.30 or § 281.31 (floodplains) or Chapter 91
(farmland preservation), Wis. Stats.
(2)
To hear and decide special exceptions to the terms of the Village
zoning and floodplain zoning 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 Village zoning 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 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. The Zoning Board of
Appeals shall not grant use variances in floodplain or wetland and
conservancy districts. In all other districts, no use variance shall
be granted unless the applicant has first petitioned for a zoning
amendment or a conditional use permit, if applicable, and upon a showing
that no lawful and feasible use of the subject property can be made
in the absence of such variance. Any use variance granted shall be
limited to the specific use described in the Board's decision
and shall not permit variances in yard, area or other requirements
of the district in which it is located.
(4)
To permit the erection and use of a building or premises in any location
subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards in harmony with the
general purposes of the Zoning Code for such purposes which are reasonably
necessary for public convenience and welfare.
(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, and to that end shall have all
the powers of the officer from whom the appeal is taken, and may issue
and direct the issuance of a permit. A simple majority of present
members of the Zoning Board of Appeals 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 Zoning
Code. 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 the land use permit is obtained within such period
and the erection or alteration of a building is started or the use
is commenced within such period.
C.
Meetings and rules.
(1)
All meetings and hearings of the Zoning Board of Appeals shall be
open to the public, except that the Board may go into executive session
to deliberate after a hearing or an appeal. The final vote on an appeal
shall be taken in open session by roll call vote, recorded and open
for public inspection in the Board's office. Public notice of
all regular and special meetings shall be given to the public and
news media as required by the Wisconsin Open Meeting Law.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: See § 19.81 et seq., Wis. Stats.
(2)
Special meetings may be called by the Chairman or at the request
of two members.
(3)
Hearings may be held at any regular or special meeting at the time
set by the Chairman.
(4)
A quorum for any meeting or hearing shall consist of three members,
but a lesser number may meet and adjourn to a specified time.
(5)
The Board 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 examination and
other official actions, all of which shall be immediately filed in
the office of the Village Clerk-Treasurer and shall be public record.
The Board shall adopt its own rules of procedure not in conflict with
this Code or with the applicable Wisconsin Statutes.
(6)
No Board member shall participate in the decision of or vote upon
any case in which the member is financially interested, directly or
indirectly, but the Chairman shall direct an alternate member to act
instead. Disqualification of a member for interest shall not decrease
the number of votes required for acting upon any matter, but such
member may be counted in determining whether a quorum is present for
the transaction of business.
D.
Offices. The Village Board shall provide suitable offices for holding
hearings and the presentation of records, documents and accounts.
A.
Composition. The Village Plan Commission shall consist
of seven members who shall be the following: the Village President,
who shall be its presiding officer, a Village Trustee, and five citizen
members.
B.
Appointment.
(1)
Trustee member. The Trustee member shall be annually
appointed by a two-thirds vote at the organizational meeting of the
Village Board.
(2)
Citizen members.
(a)
The five citizen members shall be appointed by the
Village President for a term of three years, subject to Village Board
approval.
(b)
All citizen members shall be persons of recognized
experience and qualifications and shall hold office until their respective
successors are selected and qualified. Whenever a vacancy shall occur
in any citizen member, a successor shall be appointed for the unexpired
term in the manner as set forth above.
C.
Record. The Plan Commission shall keep a written record
of its proceedings to include all actions taken, a copy of which shall
be filed with the Village Clerk-Treasurer. Four members shall constitute
a quorum, but all actions shall require the affirmative approval of
a majority of all of the members of the Commission.
D.
Duties.
(1)
The Master Plan.
(a)
The Plan Commission shall make, adopt and, as necessary,
amend, extend or add to the Master Plan, subject to Village Board
confirmation, for the physical development of the Village, including
areas outside of its boundaries which, in the Plan Commission's judgment,
bear relation to the development of the Village. The Master Plan,
with the accompanying maps, plats and descriptive and explanatory
matter, shall show the Commission's recommendations for such physical
development and may include, among other things, without limitation
because of enumeration, the general location, character and extent
of streets, highways, freeways, street grades, roadways, walks, parking
areas, public places and areas, parks, parkways, playgrounds, sites
for public buildings and structures, and the general location and
extent of sewers, water conduits and other public utilities, whether
privately or publicly owned, the acceptance, widening, narrowing,
extension, relocation, removal, vacation, abandonment or change of
use of any of the foregoing public ways, grounds, places, spaces,
buildings, properties, utilities, routes or terminals, the general
location, character and extent of community centers and neighborhood
units, and a comprehensive zoning plan.
(b)
The Commission may adopt the Master Plan as a whole
by a single resolution or, as the work of making the whole Master
Plan progresses, may from time to time by resolution adopt a part
or parts thereof, any such part to correspond generally with one or
more of the functional subdivisions of the subject matter of the plan.
The adoption of the plan or any part, amendment or addition shall
be by resolution carried by the affirmative votes of not less than
a majority of all the members of the Plan Commission, subject to confirmation
by the Village Board. The resolution shall refer expressly to the
maps, descriptive matter, and other matters intended by the Commission
to form the whole or any part of the plan, and the action taken shall
be recorded on the adopted plan or part thereof by the identifying
signature of the Secretary of the Commission, and a copy of the plan
or part thereof shall be certified to the Village Board. The purpose
and effect of the adoption and certifying of the Master Plan or part
thereof shall be solely to aid the Plan Commission and the Village
Board in the performance of their duties.
(2)
Matters referred to Plan Commission. The Village Board
or officer of the Village having final authority thereon shall refer
to the Plan Commission for its consideration and report before final
action is taken by the Board, other public body or officer, on the
following matters:
(a)
The location of any statue or other memorial;
(b)
The location, acceptance, extension, alteration, vacation,
abandonment, change of use, sale, acquisition of land for or lease
of land for any street, alley or other public way, park, playground,
airport, area for parking vehicles, or other memorial or public grounds;
(c)
The location, extension, abandonment or authorization
for any public utility, whether publicly or privately owned;
(d)
All plats of lands in the Village or within the territory
over which the Village is given platting jurisdiction by Chapter 236,
Wis. Stats.;
(e)
The location, character and extent or acquisition,
leasing or sale of lands for public or semipublic housing, slum clearance,
relief of congestion, or vacation camps for children; and
(f)
The amendment or repeal of any land use ordinance.
(3)
Miscellaneous powers.
(a)
The Commission may make reports and recommendations
relating to the plan and development of the Village to public officials
and agencies, civic, educational, professional and other organizations
and citizens.
(b)
It may recommend to the Village Board programs for
public improvements and the financing thereof.
(c)
All public officials shall, upon request, furnish
to the Commission, within a reasonable time, such available information
as it may require for its work.
(d)
The Commission, its members and employees, in the
performance of its functions, may enter upon any land, make examinations
and surveys, and place and maintain necessary monuments and markers
thereon.
(e)
In general, the Commission shall have such powers
as may be necessary to enable it to perform its functions and promote
municipal planning in cooperation with the Village Board.
(f)
The Commission shall oversee community development
block grants.
(g)
The Village Board may refer to the Commission for
its consideration and recommendation any matter pertaining to planning
and development of land within the Village and within 1 1/2 miles
of the limits of the Village. All plats or replats of any lands within
the limits of the Village or any lands outside the Village and within
1 1/2 miles of the limits of the Village shall be submitted to
the Commission for its recommendation to the Village Board before
the same are approved by the Village Board.
E.
Compensation. Compensation may be established by the
Village Board for service on the Commission.
[Amended 1-18-2000 by Ord. No. 99-15]
F.
Organization. As soon as all members of the first
Commission shall have been appointed, the Village Clerk-Treasurer
shall give each member a written notice of the appointment and thereon
shall fix the time and place of the first meeting, which shall be
not less than five nor more than 10 days thereafter. Such Commission
shall elect a Vice Chairman and a Secretary and shall keep a written
record of its proceedings, to include all actions taken, a copy of
which shall be filed with the Village Clerk-Treasurer.
G.
Employees; budget. The Plan Commission shall have
the power to employ experts and such staff as may be necessary and
to pay for their services and such other expenses as may be necessary
and proper, within the limits of the budget established by the Village
Board or placed at its disposal through gift, and subject to any ordinance
or resolution enacted by the Village Board. As far as possible, the
Commission shall utilize the services of existing Village officials
and employees.
H.
Rules of procedure; report.
(1)
The Plan Commission is hereby authorized to adopt
rules governing its own proceedings. The Commission shall make a monthly
report in writing to the Village Board of its transactions and expenditures,
if any, for the preceding month, with such general recommendations
as to matters covered by its prescribed duties and authority as seem
proper.
(2)
A regular monthly meeting date shall be established
by the Commission each May. Any person requesting a meeting of the
Commission on any date other than the regular meeting date established
by the Commission shall be required to pay a fee as set by the Village
Board to the Clerk-Treasurer of the Village prior to the calling of
a special meeting.
Inasmuch as the Fire District provides for appointment
by the Village Board of two members to be seated on its Board, appointments
to the Fire District Board shall be made as follows:
A.
Appointment of one citizen member to fill a three-year
term beginning July 1, 1987, and on each succeeding third year on
July 1 (i.e., 1990, 1993, etc.).
B.
Appointment of one Village Trustee to fill a three-year
term beginning July 1, 1987, and each succeeding third year on July
1, except that such Trustee shall relinquish the appointment when
he or she no longer serves as a Village Trustee and shall be replaced
by a Trustee currently in office.
A.
Establishment. A citizens' advisory committee for
the cable television franchise is hereby established.
B.
Members and appointments. The Cable Television Advisory
Committee shall consist of one Village Trustee and four citizen members.
The Trustee member of the Committee shall be elected by two-thirds
vote of the Village Board upon creation of the Cable Committee and
each April thereafter. Four citizen members shall be appointed by
the Village Board upon creation of the Committee, two for one-year
terms and two for two-year terms from the succeeding May 1, and thereafter
in April of each year two citizen members shall be appointed for two-year
terms.
C.
Duties. The Committee shall have the following responsibilities.
The Committee shall:
(1)
Assist in resolving disputes.
(2)
Review all reports and filings submitted to the Village
Clerk-Treasurer, including annual financial reports required of the
grantee, and assure availability of inspection by the public.
(3)
Establish priorities for programming on the public
access channel and recommend allocation of funds if deemed necessary.
(4)
Any additional responsibilities that are deemed necessary by the Village Board pertaining to the cable television franchise under Chapter 127, Cable Television, of this Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original § 2-4-6,
Utilities Commission, which immediately followed this section, was
repealed 11-20-2001 by Ord. No. 01-09.
A.
Organization; terms.
(1)
There is hereby created, pursuant to Chapter 43 of
the Wisconsin Statutes, a Municipal Library Board for the Village,
consisting of seven members. Membership shall consist of one Village
Trustee and six citizens. Pursuant to § 43.54(1), Wis. Stats.,
up to two members of the Library Board may be residents of towns adjacent
to the Village.[1]
(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 Village
Board shall at any one time be a member of the Library Board. Citizen
members shall be appointed by the Village President, subject to confirmation
by the Village Board. The Trustee member shall be appointed annually
by the Village President, subject to confirmation by the Village Board.
The Village President shall appoint as one of the Library Board members
the School District Administrator, or his representative, to represent
the public school district or districts in which the library is located.
(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 offices that they deem necessary to prescribe and adopt rules
and regulations for the operation of the library.
B.
Duties and powers. The Library Board shall have the
duties and powers as prescribed by Chapter 43, and more particularly
set forth in § 43.58, Wis. Stats.
The Special Projects Committee shall be composed
of the Village President, three Trustees appointed by the Village
President, the Village Administrator, Chief of Police, Clerk-Treasurer
and Director of Public Works. The Special Projects Committee shall
convene when assigned specific projects by the Village Board.
A.
Regular meetings; public notice. Every board, committee
and commission created by or existing under the ordinances of the
Village shall:
(1)
Schedule a date, time and place for its meetings;
(2)
Post, or when necessary publish, notice in or notify
the official Village newspaper in advance of each such regular meeting
of the date, time and place thereof, in compliance with state law;
and/or
(3)
Post an agenda of the matters to be taken up at such
meeting.
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 and 19.89, Wis. Stats.
C.
Minutes. The secretary of each board, committee and
commission shall file a copy of the meeting minutes of such board
or commission with the Village Clerk-Treasurer.
A.
Residency. Except for the Library Board and Historic
Preservation Commission, no person not a resident of and not residing
in the Village of New Glarus shall be appointed in a voting capacity
to any Village board, committee or commission. Any board or commission
member who moves from the Village shall be removed from such board
or commission but may be appointed to serve in an ex officio capacity.[1]
B.
Attendance standard. Members of boards, committees
and commissions are required to attend a minimum of 2/3 of the
meetings in each six-month period of their respective bodies, unless
excused by the membership of their body. Failure to comply with this
subsection may result in the removal and replacement of the official
found to be in noncompliance.
[Amended 2-19-2020 by Ord. No. 20-01]
A.
Composition.
(1)
Members. The Historic Preservation Commission shall consist of seven
members who shall be the following, if available in the community:
an architect, an historian, a Village Trustee, a licensed real estate
broker and three citizen members, all having a known interest in historic
preservation. One citizen may be a resident of the Town of New Glarus.
Any vacancy, for whatever reason, in and during the unexpired term
of an appointed member of any board, council, commission, or committee
of the Village shall be filled by the Village Board in the same manner
as the original appointment.
(2)
Appointment. Appointment shall be made by the Village President and
confirmed by the Village Board.
C.
Duties.
(1)
General. The Commission shall have the power, subject to Subsection F, to designate historic structures and historic sites and to recommend designation of historic districts within the Village of New Glarus limits. Such designations shall be made based on Subsection G. Historic districts shall be approved by the Village Board. Once designated, such historic structures, sites and districts shall be subject to all the provisions of this section. The Commission shall also have jurisdiction and supervision over the Chalet of the Golden Fleece, including recommending capital improvements, budgetary investments and other operational needs to the Village Board.
(2)
Regulation of construction, reconstruction, alteration and demolition.
(a)
No owner or person in charge of an historic structure, historic
site or structure within an historic district shall reconstruct, alter
or demolish all or any part of the exterior of such property or construct
any improvement upon such designated property or properties or cause
or permit any such work to be performed upon such property or demolish
such property unless a certificate of appropriateness has been granted
by the Historic Preservation Commission, and unless such certificate
has been granted by the Commission, the Building Inspector shall not
issue a permit for any work.
(b)
Upon filing an application for a certificate of appropriateness
with the Commission, the Commission shall approve the application
unless:
[1]
In the case of a designated historic structure or historic site,
the proposed work would detrimentally change, destroy or adversely
affect any exterior feature of the improvement or site upon which
said work is to be done.
[2]
In the case of the construction of a new improvement upon an
historic site or within an historic district, the exterior of such
improvement would adversely affect or not harmonize with the external
appearance of other neighboring improvements on such site or within
the district.
[3]
In the case of any property located in an historic district,
the proposed construction, reconstruction, exterior alteration or
demolition does not conform to the purpose and intent of this section
and to the objectives and design criteria of the historic preservation
plan for said district.
[4]
The building or structure is of such architectural or historical
significance that its demolition would be detrimental to the public
interest and contrary to the general welfare of the people of the
Village of New Glarus and the state.
[5]
In the case of a request for the demolition of a deteriorated
building or structure, any economic hardship or difficulty claimed
by the owner is self-created or is the result of any failure to maintain
the property in good repair.
(c)
If the Commission determines that the application for a certificate
of appropriateness and the proposed changes are consistent with the
character and features of the property or district, it shall issue
the certificate of appropriateness. The Commission shall make this
decision within 45 days of the filing of the application.
(d)
The issuance of a certificate of appropriateness shall not relieve
the applicant from obtaining other permits and approvals required
by the Village of New Glarus. A building permit or other municipal
permit shall be invalid if it is obtained without the presentation
of the certificate of appropriateness required for the proposed work.
(e)
Ordinary maintenance and repairs may be undertaken without a
certificate of appropriateness, provided that the work involves repairs
to existing features of an historic structure or site or the replacement
of elements of a structure with pieces identical in appearance, and
provided that the work does not change the exterior appearance of
the structure or site and does not require the issuance of a building
permit.
D.
Appeals. Should the Commission fail to issue a certificate of appropriateness
due to the failure of the proposal to conform to the guidelines, the
applicant may appeal such decision to the Village Board within 30
days. In addition, if the Commission fails to issue a certificate
of appropriateness, the Commission shall, with the cooperation of
the applicant, work with the applicant in an attempt to obtain a certificate
of appropriateness within the guidelines of this section.
E.
Recognition of historic structures, sites and districts. At such
time as an historic structure, site or district has been properly
designated, the Commission, in cooperation with the property owner,
may cause to be prepared and erected on such property, at Village
of New Glarus expense, a suitable plaque declaring that such property
is an historic structure, site or district.
F.
Designations. An historic structure, site or district designation
may be placed on any site, natural or improved, including any building,
improvement or structure located thereon, or any area of particular
historic, architectural, archaeological or cultural significance to
the Village of New Glarus, such as historic structures, sites or districts
which:
(1)
Exemplify or reflect the broad cultural, political, economic or social
history of the nation, state or community;
(2)
Are identified with historic personages or with important events
in national, state or local history;
(3)
Embody the distinguishing characteristics of an architectural type
or specimen inherently valuable for a study of a period, style, method
of construction, or of indigenous materials or craftsmanship;
(4)
Are representative of the notable work of a master builder, designer
or architect who influenced his age; or
(5)
Have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important to
prehistory or history.
G.
Procedures for designation.
(1)
Adoption of guidelines. The Commission shall adopt specific operating
guidelines for historic structure, historic site and historic district
designations, provided that such are in conformance with the provisions
of this section.
(2)
Historic structures and sites.
(a)
The Commission may, after notice and public hearing, designate historic structures and historic sites, or rescind such designation or recommendation, after application of the criteria as established in Subsection F above. At least 10 days prior to such hearing, the Commission shall notify the owners of property in whole or in part situated within 200 feet of the boundaries of the property affected.
(b)
The Commission shall then conduct such public hearing and, in
addition to the notified persons, may hear expert witnesses and shall
have the power to subpoena such witnesses and records as it deems
necessary. The Commission may conduct an independent investigation
into the proposed designation or rescission. Within 10 days after
the close of the public hearing, the Commission may designate the
property as either an historic structure or an historic site, or rescind
the designation. After the designation or rescission has been made,
notification shall be sent to the property owner or owners. Notification
shall also be given to the Village Clerk-Treasurer, Building Inspector,
Plan Commission and Assessor. The Commission shall cause the designation
or rescission to be recorded, at Village of New Glarus expense, in
the County Register of Deeds office.
(4)
Appeals of Historic Preservation Commission actions.
(a)
The Historic Preservation Commission shall notify by certified
mail the owner(s) of record of any subject property of an action of
the Commission relating to that property. The notice shall include
notification of the thirty-day appeal period, a listing and clarification
of the specific appeal criteria, and a description of the appeal process
and hearing.
(b)
The owner(s) of record of the property may appeal an action
of the Historic Preservation Commission relating to the designation
of an historic structure, site or district, the regulation of construction,
reconstruction or exterior alteration, regulation of demolition, or
the issuance of a certificate of appropriateness. An appeal may be
initiated by filing a petition to appeal, specifying the grounds for
such an appeal, with the Village Clerk-Treasurer within 30 days of
the date on which the final decision of the Commission is made.
(c)
The Village Clerk-Treasurer shall file the petition to appeal
with the Village Board; a public hearing with the Village Board shall
be scheduled. After a public hearing, the Village Board may, by a
favorable vote of a majority of the Village Board, reverse or modify
the decision of the Commission.
(d)
In modifying or reversing a decision of the Commission, the
Village Board shall make one of the following findings:
[1]
That, owing to special conditions, the decision of the Commission
would cause serious hardship to the property owner or preclude reasonable
use of the property. Self-created hardship or expectation of increased
economic return shall not be the basis for modifying or reversing
a decision of the Commission.
[2]
That, in an action of the Historic Preservation Commission relating
to the regulation of construction, reconstruction or exterior alteration,
regulation of demolition, or the issuance of a certificate of appropriateness,
the property owner's proposed external alterations, reconstruction
or new construction materially or substantially complies with the
Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation.
A.
Organization; terms.
(1)
There is hereby created pursuant to § 66.0615,
Wis. Stats., a Tourism Commission for the Village, consisting of five
members. Membership shall include one representative of the Wisconsin
hotel and motel industry and four citizens, all appointed by the Village
President subject to confirmation by a majority vote of the Village
Board.
(2)
Terms of all commissioners shall be for two years,
beginning on the third Wednesday of each April. Commissioners may
be reappointed.
[Amended 6-1-2004 by Ord. No. 04-08]
(3)
The Commission shall organize by May 1 of each year
and elect a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary and such other
officers as may, in the judgment of the members, be necessary.
(4)
Meetings shall be called by the Chairperson or Vice
Chairperson, and the Secretary shall give such notices of meetings
as the Commission may from time to time prescribe. The Commission
shall keep minutes of its meetings, and a copy of the minutes shall
be filed with the Village Clerk-Treasurer.
(5)
Three voting members shall constitute a quorum, but
all actions require an affirmative vote of a majority of all voting
members of the Commission.
B.
Powers and duties. The Tourism Commission shall have
the powers and duties prescribed by § 66.75, Wis. Stats.
[Added 10-4-2005 by Ord. No. 05-06]
A.
Organization. There is hereby created, pursuant to
§ 66.1335 Wis. Stats., a Community Development Authority
for the Village of New Glarus as a separate body politic, for the
purpose of carrying out blight elimination, slum clearance, urban
renewal programs and projects and housing projects; which Authority
shall be known as the "Community Development Authority of the Village
of New Glarus."
B.
Composition/terms. The Village Board President shall,
with the confirmation of a 2/3 majority vote of the Village Board,
appoint seven resident persons having sufficient ability and experience
in the fields of urban renewal, community development and housing,
as Commissioners of the Community Development Authority.
(1)
Two of the Commissioners shall be members of the Village
Board and shall serve their term of office as Board members.
(2)
For the first appointments of the five nonBoard members
shall be for the following terms: two for one year and one each for
terms of two, three and four years. Thereafter, the terms of the nonBoard
members shall be four years and until their successors are appointed
and qualified.
(3)
Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term as
provided in this subsection.
(4)
Commissioners shall be reimbursed their actual and
necessary expenses, including local travel expenses incurred in the
discharge of their duties.
C.
Powers and duties. The Community Development Authority
will have the following powers and duties:
(1)
The Community Development Authority shall have all
the powers, duties, and functions set out in §§ 66.1201
and 66.1333, Wis. Stats., for housing and redevelopment authorities
and, as to all housing projects initiated by the Community Development
Authority, it shall proceed under §§ 66.1201, Wis.
Stats., and as to all projects relating to blight elimination, slum
clearance, urban renewal and redevelopment programs, it shall proceed
under §§ 66.1105, 66.1301 to 66.1329, 66.1331, 66.1333,
or 66.1337, Wis. Stats., as determined appropriate by the Village
Board on a project-by-project basis.
(2)
The Community Development Authority shall act as the
agent of the Village in planning and carrying out community development
programs and activities approved by the Village Board President and
Village Board under the Federal Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974. As to all community development programs and activities
undertaken by the Village under the Federal Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974, the Community Development Authority shall
proceed under all applicable laws and ordinances not inconsistent
with the laws of this state.
(3)
The Community Development Authority shall act as agent
to the Village to perform all acts, except the development of the
general plan of the Village which may be otherwise performed by the
Plan Commission under §§ 66.1105, 66.1301 to 66.1329,
66.1331, or 66.1337, Wis. Stats.
