7-712-A - Board of appeals procedure.

§  7-712-a  Board of appeals procedure. 1. Meetings, minutes, records.  Meetings of such board of appeals shall be open to  the  public  to  the  extent  provided in article seven of the public officers law. Such board  of appeals shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing  the  vote  of  each  member  upon  every  question,  or  if  absent or failing to vote,  indicating such fact, and shall also keep records  of  its  examinations  and other official actions.    2.  Filing  requirements.  Every  rule, regulation, every amendment or  repeal thereof, and every order, requirement, decision or  determination  of  the  board  of  appeals  shall be filed in the office of the village  clerk within five business days and shall be a public record.    3. Assistance to board of appeals. Such board shall have the authority  to call upon any department, agency or employee of the village for  such  assistance  as  shall  be deemed necessary and as shall be authorized by  the village board of trustees. Such department, agency or  employee  may  be reimbursed for any expenses incurred as a result of such assistance.    4.  Hearing  appeals.  Unless  otherwise  provided  by  local law, the  jurisdiction of the board of appeals shall be appellate only  and  shall  be limited to hearing and deciding appeals from and reviewing any order,  requirement,  decision,  interpretation,  or  determination  made by the  administrative official charged with the enforcement of  any  local  law  adopted pursuant to this article. Such appeal may be taken by any person  aggrieved, or by an officer, department, board or bureau of the village.    5.  Filing  of  administrative  decision  and time of appeal. (a) Each  order, requirement, decision, interpretation  or  determination  of  the  administrative official charged with the enforcement of the zoning local  law  shall be filed in the office of such administrative official within  five business days from the day it is rendered, and shall  be  a  public  record.  Alternately,  the village board of trustees may, by resolution,  require that such filings instead be made in the village clerk's office.    (b) An appeal shall be taken within sixty days after the filing of any  order, requirement, decision, interpretation  or  determination  of  the  administrative official, by filing with such administrative official and  with  the  board  of  appeals a notice of appeal, specifying the grounds  thereof and the relief sought. The administrative official from whom the  appeal is taken shall forthwith transmit to the board of appeals all the  papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed  from  was  taken.    6.  Stay  upon  appeal.  An  appeal  shall  stay  all  proceedings  in  furtherance of the  action  appealed  from,  unless  the  administrative  official  charged  with the enforcement of such local law, from whom the  appeal is taken, certifies to the board of appeals, after the notice  of  appeal  shall  have been filed with the administrative official, that by  reason of facts stated in the certificate a stay would, in  his  or  her  opinion,  cause  imminent  peril  to  life  or  property,  in which case  proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by  a  restraining  order  which  may be granted by the board of appeals or by a court of record on  application, on notice to the  administrative  official  from  whom  the  appeal is taken and on due cause shown.    7. Hearing on appeal. The board of appeals shall fix a reasonable time  for  the  hearing  of the appeal or other matter referred to it and give  public notice of such hearing by  publication  in  a  paper  of  general  circulation in the village at least five days prior to the date thereof.  The  cost  of sending or publishing any notices relating to such appeal,  or a reasonable fee relating thereto, shall be borne  by  the  appealing  party  and  shall  be  paid  to  the  board prior to the hearing of such  appeal. Upon the hearing, any party may appear in person, or by agent or  attorney.8. Time of decision. The board of appeals shall decide upon the appeal  within sixty-two days after the conduct of said hearing. The time within  which the board of appeals must render its decision may be  extended  by  mutual consent of the applicant and the board.    9. Filing of decision and notice. The decision of the board of appeals  on  the  appeal shall be filed in the office of the village clerk within  five business days after the day such decision is rendered, and  a  copy  thereof mailed to the applicant.    10.  Notice  to park commission and county planning board or agency or  regional planning council. At least five days before such  hearing,  the  board  of  appeals  shall  mail  notices  thereof to the parties, to the  regional state park commission having jurisdiction over any  state  park  or  parkway  within  five  hundred feet of the property affected by such  appeal and to the county planning board or agency or  regional  planning  council  as required by section two hundred thirty-nine-m of the general  municipal law, which notice shall be accompanied by a full statement  of  such  proposed  action,  as  defined  in  subdivision one of section two  hundred thirty-nine-m of the general municipal law.    11. Compliance with state environmental quality review act. The  board  of  appeals  shall comply with the provisions of the state environmental  quality review act under article eight of the environmental conservation  law and its implementing regulations as codified in title six, part  six  hundred seventeen of the New York codes, rules and regulations.    12.  Rehearing.  A  motion  for  the zoning board of appeals to hold a  rehearing to review any order, decision or determination  of  the  board  not  previously  reheard  may  be  made  by  any  member of the board. A  unanimous vote of all members of the board then present is required  for  such  rehearing  to  occur. Such rehearing is subject to the same notice  provisions as an original hearing. Upon such  rehearing  the  board  may  reverse,  modify  or annul its original order, decision or determination  upon the unanimous vote of all members then present, provided the  board  finds that the rights vested in persons acting in good faith in reliance  upon the reheard order, decision or determination will not be prejudiced  thereby.    13.  Voting  requirements.  (a)  Decision  of  the  board.  Except  as  otherwise provided in subdivision twelve of this section,  every  motion  or  resolution  of a board of appeals shall require for its adoption the  affirmative vote of a majority of  all  the  members  of  the  board  of  appeals  as fully constituted regardless of vacancies or absences. Where  an action is the subject of a referral to the county planning agency  or  regional  planning  council the voting provisions of section two hundred  thirty-nine-m of the general municipal law shall apply.    (b) Default denial of appeal. In exercising its appellate jurisdiction  only, if an affirmative vote of a majority of all members of  the  board  is not attained on a motion or resolution to grant a variance or reverse  any  order,  requirement,  decision  or determination of the enforcement  official within the time allowed by subdivision eight of  this  section,  the  appeal  is  denied.  The  board  may  amend  the  failed  motion or  resolution and vote on the amended motion or resolution within the  time  allowed  without  being subject to the rehearing process as set forth in  subdivision twelve of this section.