Zoning Board of Appeals
While the zoning process is designed to balance the principles of property rights with the protection of the public interest, it has long been recognized that it is next to impossible to write a set of regulations affecting the development of land that can be universally applied. With that in mind, the State enacted legislation that provides a means for providing relief from certain requirements of the zoning ordinance through a municipality’s Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA.)
The function of the ZBA is to hear and decide appeals of administrative decisions made in implementing the zoning ordinance and to hear and decide requests for variances from the strict terms of the zoning ordinance. The ZBA may also be called upon to interpret provisions of the zoning ordinance.
With recent changes to the State’s Zoning Enabling Act, the Cedar Springs City Council now sits as the City’s Zoning Board of Appeals. Members include: Chairperson Pat Capek; Vice Chairperson Ronny Merlington and Council Members Ken Benham, Christine Fahl, Raymond Huckleberry, Pamela Conley and Charlie Watson.
MEETING DATES
January 21, 2010
February 18, 2010
March 18, 2010
April 15, 2010
May 20, 2010
June 18, 2010
July 15, 2010
August 19, 2010
September 16, 2010
October 21, 2010
November 18, 2010
December 16, 2010
All meetings are held at 10:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers. If there is no business to be heard by the ZBA, the meeting will be cancelled. Please contact City Clerk Linda Branyan 616-696-1330 x 103 regarding the status of all ZBA meetings.
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