HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 747 - 5/11/1971 - POWERS OF ZONING BD OF APPEALSs,
ORDINANCE NO, 747
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATIVE TO POWERS OF THE ZONING
BOARD OF APPEALS; VILLAGE OF ELK GROVE
VILLAGE, ILLINOIS
NOW, THEREFOREc, BE IT ORDAINED, by the President and Board of
Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and
DuPage, that
SECTION 1.: Article III, Chapter 7 of said Municipal Code
of Elk Grove Village and particularly the following sections be amended
to read as follows:
"Section 7.303 (Duties). It shall be the duty of the Board of
Appeals to hear any appeal of any decision, order or interpretation
from the officer whose duty it is to enforce the Zoning Ordinance
and it shall, as the result of said appeal and hearing, recommend
to the President and Board of Trustees the affirmation or reversal of
the decision of said officer. The concurring vote of four members
shall be required for each recommendation."
"Section 7.304 (amended) CVariations). [There, in a specific
case, an application for a variation is made in writing to the Board
of Appeals, explaining that because of certain exceptional conditions
peculiar to the applicant's property or its environment that strict
application of the regulations of this ordinance would result in practi-
cal difficulties and particular hardship upon the owner, the Board of
Appeals shall consider the case at a public hearing, fifteen days'
notice of which shall have been given as prescribed by statute, and
shall determine and record all the facts that tend to sustain or
fail to sustain the granting of a variation from the requirements of
this article. If the Board of Appeals determines, by a concurring
vote of not less than four members, that the proposed variation or
modification of it will not (1) reduce the minimum area or dimension
nor increase the maximum dimensions by more than fifty percent, (2)
impair an adequate supply of light and air to adjacent proper.ty,(3)
increase the congestion in public streets unreasonably (4) increase
the hazard of fire, (5) endanger the public safety (6) diminish or
impair the values of property within the surrounding areas, (7) or
in any other respect impair the public health, safety, morals, comfort
and welfare of the people, it shall adopt a motion embodying such
findings, and recommend to the President and Board of Trustees that
a permit issue."
Section 3: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and approval and publication, according to
law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 11th day of
Vote: Ayes: 6
Nays: G
Absent �—
Jack D. Pahl
Village President
ATTEST:
Richard A, McGrenera
Village Clerk
Published this 19th day of May , 1971, in
the Elk Grove Herald,
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1971.