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NOTICE: The Board of Zoning Appeal meetings are scheduled on the 4
1
Thursday
of the month. All complete plans must be in by 9:00 a.m. Monday prior to the
1'
1
Thursday of the month. If not, the item will be placed on the next available Board
of Zoning Appeals meeting.
CITY OF WHITEWATER
BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS APPLICATION PROCEDURE
1. File the application with the Code Enforcement Director's Office at least
four
weeks prior to the meeting. $200.00 fee. Filed on
_
2. Class 2 Notice published in Official Newspaper on
and . The last publication to be at least 10
days
prior to the meeting.
3. Notices of the Public Hearing mailed to property owners within 300 feet
of
the property involved in the application on
_
4. Board of Zoning Appeals holds the PUBLIC HEARING
on
They will hear comments of the Petitioner and comments of property
owners.
Comments may be made in person or in writing.
5. At the conclusion of the Public Hearing, the Board of Zoning Appeals
goes
into
closed session not to reconvene. Notification of the decision in writing
to
appellant, news media, etc. will follow.
PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING
APPLICATION.
Refer to Chapter 19.72 of the City of
Whitewater
Municipal Code of
Ordinances, entitled BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS, for more information on
the
application.
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CITY OF WHITEWATER
SITE PLAN SUBMITTAL
REQUIREMENTS
1. Site Plan,
including
the location and
dimensions
of
all buildings,
parking,
loading, vehicle
and
pedestrian circulation, signs, walls, fences,
other structures, outdoor storage areas,
mechanicals,
and dumpsters. Adjacent streets and uses and methods for screening
parking, loading, storage, mechanical,
and dumpster
areas
should be shown.
Statistics
on
lot area, green
space percentage,
and housing
density
should be provided. The Plan
Commission
encourages compliance
with its adopted
parking
lot curbing policy.
2.
Natural Features
Inventory Map, showing the
existing
limits of all water bodies,
wetlands,
floodplains, existing
trees with trunks more than 4 inches in diameter, and any
other
exceptional
natural resource features on
all
or part of the site.
3.
Landscape
Plan, prepared by a
professional,
and
showing
an overhead
view
of all
proposed
landscaping
and
existing landscaping
to remain. The
species, size
at time
of
planting, and
mature
size
should be indicated for
all
plantings. Areas to be left in green
space should be
clearly
delineated. The Plan
Commission
encourages
compliance
with
its adopted
landscaping guidelines, available
from the Zoning
Department.
4.
Grading
and
drainage
plan, meeting the
City's
stormwater management ordinance
if
required. The plan should show
existing
and proposed surface elevations on the site
at
two foot intervals or
less,
and proposed stormwater
management
improvements, such as
detention/retention
facilities
where required. Stormwater
calculations
may be required.
5. Utilities plan,
showing
locations and sizes of
existing
and proposed connections
to
sanitary sewer, water,
and storm sewer
lines
,
along with required easements. Sampling
manholes may be required for
sanitary
sewer. The City's noise ordinance must be met.
6.
Building elevations,
showing the
dimensions, colors,
and
materials
used on all sides of
the building. The Plan Commission
encourages variety
and
creativity
in
building
colors
and
architectural styles, while
respecting the
character
of the surrounding neighborhood.
7. Sign plan, meeting the City's sign ordinance, and showing the location, height,
dimensions, color,
materials,
lighting and copy area of
all
signage.
8.
Lighting
plan, meeting the City's
lighting ordinance,
and showing the location, height, type, orientation and
power
all proposed outdoor
lighting both on poles and on
buildings. Cut sheets and photometric plans may be
required
for larger projects.
Twenty complete sets of all plans should be submitted. All plans should be drawn to a scale
of not less than 50 feet to the inch; represent
actual existing and
proposed site conditions
in
detail;
and indicate the
name,
address, and phone number of the applicant, land owner,
·
architect,
engineer,
landscape
designer,
contractor, or others responsible for preparation.
It
i
s
often possible and
desirable
to include two or more of the above 8 plans on one map.
The
Zoning Administrator or Plan and
Architectural Review
Commission may request
more
information, or may reduce the submittal requirements. If any of the above 8 plans is
not
submitted, the applicant should provide a written
explanation
of why it is not submitted.
10/6/04
TO:
THOSE REQUESTING A VARIANCE OF
ZONING
REQUIREMENTS
FROM:
THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
THINGS YOU
WILL
HAVE TO PROVE TO BE
GRANTED
A
VARIANCE
The Board of Zoning Appeals
has
the power
''to
hear and
grant applications for
variances
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 and
purposes
of the
ordinance shall
be observed and the public
safety,
welfare and justice
secured."
USE
VARIANCES WILL NOT BE
GRANTED.
Findings prerequisite to granting
of a
variance
No
variance to the provisions
of
this title shall
be
granted
by
the Board unless
it
finds beyond
a
reasonable doubt that
ALL of
the following
facts and conditions
exist, and so indicates in the minutes
of
its proceedings:
A.
The particular physical surroundings, shape,
or
topographical
conditions
of
the specific property involved would result in
a
practical
hardship upon the owner as distinguished from
a
mere inconvenience,
if
the strict letter
of
the regulations were to
be
carried out;
B.
The conditions upon which the application
for a
variance is based
would not
be a p p l i c a b l e
generally to other property within the
same zoning classification;
C.
The purpose
of the
variance is not based exclusively upon
a desire
for economic
or other
material gain
by
the applicant
or owner
;
D.
The proposed variance
will not
impair an adequate supply
of
light
and air to adjacent property
or substantially
increase the congestion in
the public streets,
or increase
the danger
of
fire,
or endanger
the public
safety,
or s u b s t a n t i a l l y
diminish
or i m p a i r
property values within the
neighborhood.
Please consider
the above items in
presenting
your oral testimony
,
for
a
lack of
such
testimony
may
result
in denial of the
variance.
All
questions in
the application
must
be
answered.
CITY
OFWIDTEWATER
APPLICATION FOR VARIANCE
AND INFORMATION ON APPLICANT(S)
Applicant's
Name:
_
Applicant's Mailing
Address:
Owner of Property Site
as
of date of application, according to current property
tax records:
_
Street Address of Property (if vacant
land,
describe
in
detail the property location):
Legal Description of Property (Name of Subdivision, Block and Lot,
or
other legal
description):
Agent
or
Representative Assisting
in
the Application (Engineer, Architect, Attorney,
Etc.)
Name: Firm:
_
Office
Address:
_
EXISTING AND PROPOSED
USES
Current Principal Use:
_
Accessory
or
Secondary
Uses:
_
Proposed Use (Describe need
for Variance):
_
Have you been granted any variances
in
the past, on any properties, whether fully
or
partially owned by
you.
Yes No
If
YES, list addresses of those properties and whether the requirements of the variance granted have been completed.
Zoning District
in
which
the
property
is located:
_
No. of
Occupants
Proposed to be accommodated:
No. of Employees, if
applicable:
Section of
the
City
of
Whitewater
Zoning
Ordinance
that
prohibits the proposed usage of the property.
It is
this
section
of the Ordinance
for
which
a
variance
is requested:
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The particular physical
surroundings,
topographical conditions of the
specific
property involved would result
in a particular
hardship upon the owner
as
distinguished
from
mere inconvenience,
if
the strict letter of
the
regulations were to be carried
out
B.
The conditions
upon which the
application
for a
variance are based would not be
applicable
generally to other property within the
same
Zoning
classification
C.
The purpose of the variance
is not
exclusively upon
a
desire
for
economic
or other
material gain by the applicant
or owner.
D.
The proposed variance will not impair an
adequate supply
of
light and
air
to
adjacent
property
or
substantially increase the
congestion
in the
public streets,
or
increase the danger of
fire
or
endanger
the
public safety, or
substantially
diminish
or
impair property values within
the
neighborhood.
CONDITIONS
The City of
Whitewater
Zoning
Ordinance
authorizes the Board of Zoning Appeals to place conditions
on
approved variances. Please keep this in mind & supply ALL pertinent information
.
APPLICATION FEES
(to be
completed
by
City
)
Fee for Variance
application-
$200.00
Date fee
received
by
City
Receipt#
_
Received by:
_
Date Notice sent to owners of record: By
_
Date(s) published in Whitewater Register:
_
Date set for Hearing before Board of Zoning Appeals:
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AGREEMENT OF
SERVICES
REIMBURSABLE BY THE
PETITIONER/APPLICANT.
The City may retain
the
services of professional consultants (including planners, engineers, architects, attorneys,
environmental specialists, recreation specialists, and other experts) to assist in the
City's
review of a proposal coming before the Plan Commission, Board of Zoning
Appeals
and/or Common Council. The submittal of a development proposal application
or
petition
by a Petitioner shall be construed as an agreement to pay for such professional
review services applicable to the proposal. The City may apply the charges for
these
services to the Petitioner and/or property owner. The City may delay acceptance of the
application or petition as complete, or may delay final approval of the proposal, until the
Petitioner pays such fees. Review fees which are applied to a Petitioner, but which
are
not paid, may be assigned by the City as a special assessment to the subject
property.
The Petitioner shall be required to provide the City with an executed copy of
the
following form as a prerequisite to the processing of the proposed
application
(Architectural Review, B.Z.A., Planning, Zoning
Change):
, the applicant/petitioner
for
(Owner’s Name):
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dated:
_
Phone# ,
tax key #(s)
_
Agrees that in addition to those normal costs payable by an applicant/petitioner
(e.g.
filing or permit fees, publication expenses, recording fees, etc.), that in the event
the
action applied or petitioned for requires the City of Whitewater, in the judgment of
its
staff, to obtain additional professional service(s) (e.g. engineering, surveying,
planning,
legal) than normally would be routinely available "in house" to enable the City to
properly address, take appropriate action on, or determine the same,
applicant/petitioner
shall reimburse the City for the costs
thereof.
Dated this day
of.
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201 .
(Signature of Applicant/Petitioner)
(Printed Name of
Applicant/Petitioner)
(Signature of Owner of Property &
Date
Signed)
(Printed Name of Owner of
Property
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