§ 33.30. Establishment and public hearing provisions.

(A)

Section 158.026 establishes a zoning board of adjustment, hereinafter referred to as a zoning board of adjustment.

(B)

The zoning board of adjustment shall be governed by the provisions set forth in sections 158.026 through 158.029. In addition, for all quasi-judicial public hearings before the zoning board of adjustment, the following time guidelines shall apply:

(1)

In order to manage and improve the timing and quality as well as the clarity of presentation, the following guidelines are established for presentations by petitioners as well as public comment for all quasi-judicial public hearings. It is the expectation of the zoning board of adjustment that presentations by petitioners will take approximately 20 minutes, public comments approximately five minutes per person, and there will be a rebuttal opportunity for the petitioner for an additional five minutes. Applicants are expected to respect these guidelines.

(2)

Similarly, petitioners as well as members of the public are encouraged to provide any documentary evidence to the zoning board of adjustment as many days prior to the public hearing as possible. If voluminous documentation is presented to the zoning board of adjustment at the time of the hearing, the zoning board of adjustment may have no alternative but to postpone their decision in order to review the material provided.

(3)

The zoning board of adjustment chair is authorized to modify these time guidelines as necessary.

(Ord. 2014-25, passed 7-7-14; Ord. 2017-13, passed 7-17-17)