§ 21.01. Duties.

A.

There is hereby established a Zoning Board of Appeals, the membership, powers, duties of which are prescribed in Act No. 110 of the Public Acts of the State of Michigan for 2006, as amended.

B.

The Zoning Board of Appeals, in addition to the general powers and duties conferred upon it, by the Act, in specific cases and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards shall have the following duties:

1.

The Board shall have the power to interpret and determine the application of this Ordinance in harmony with its purposes and intent.

2.

Appeals:

a.

The Board shall have the power to hear and decide appeals from any person or any governmental department affected or aggrieved, and review any order, requirement, decision or determination where it is alleged by the appellant that there is error or misinterpretation in any order, requirement, decision, grant or refusal made by the Zoning Administrator or other administrative official or body charged with the enforcement of any ordinance adopted pursuant to the Zoning Act.

b.

An appeal to the board shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from, unless the Zoning Administrator certifies to the board of Appeals after notice of appeal shall have been filed with him that by reason of fact stated in the certificate, a stay would cause imminent peril to life or property.

3.

The Board shall hear requests for variances from the requirements of this ordinance where there are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship in the way of carrying out the strict letter of this ordinance relating to the constructions, structural changes in equipment, or alterations of buildings or structures.

4.

The Board shall also have any other duties that may be specifically conferred by this ordinance.

(Ord. No. 3-12, § 10, 6-24-2012)