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SECTION XIII
ADMINISTRATION
A. Enforcement. This ordinance shall be enforced by at least one, and a maximum of three, Zoning Inspectors, none of whom shall be a member of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, but any one of whom may also be a Village District Commissioner. Such Inspector or Inspectors shall be appointed by the Village District Commissioners following the annual meeting of the Village District for terms of from one to three years. The Village District Commissioners may also from time to time appoint up to three alternate Zoning Inspectors for terms of such duration.
B. Permits. No building or other structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, altered or moved, nor may any such building or structure be occupied or used, without the prior issuance of a permit by a Village District Zoning Inspector, or by the Zoning Board of Adjustment when required by this ordinance; provided that any building or other structure may be altered without the issuance of such a permit if a Village District Zoning Inspector notifies the owner thereof in writing that the proposed alteration is of such insignificance that no permit is required hereunder for such alteration. Fees for the issuance of building permits shall be as set and published by the Village District Commissioners.
C. Public Notices. All notices issued under this ordinance, including notices of permits, shall be posted on the Little Boar’s Head Bulletin Board located on the east side of Willow Avenue, on the grounds of Union Chapel, or at such other location (or additional locations) within the Village District as shall be designated by the Village District Commissioners and announced by them at the Annual Meeting of the Village District. Notices of permits issued hereunder shall be so posted within two days of their issuance.
D. APPEALS FROM DECISION OF VILLAGE DISTRICT ZONING INSPECTORS.
Any person aggrieved by an decision of the Village District Zoning Inspectors may appeal to the Board of Adjustment within a reasonable time, which shall never be construed as less than thirty days from the date of posting of the statement of a permit issued by the Village District Zoning Inspectors hereunder.
E. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. Within thirty days after the adoption of this ordinance the Commissioners shall make appointments to a Board of Adjustment of five members to serve without compensation, such members to be appointed for staggered terms of from one to three years in such manner that (except to fill vacancies) no more than two terms shall expire in any given year and thereafter the Commissioners shall annually appoint successor members as terms expire and shall fill vacancies as they occur. The Board of Adjustment shall also include such alternate members, not over five in number at a given time, as the Village District Commissioners may from time to time appoint for terms of three years each; any one of whom may be designated by the Board chairman to act in place of an absent regular member, all as provided in RSA 31:67-a,
as amended. The Village District Zoning Inspectors shall not be members of the Board of Adjustment, but one member of the Board of Adjustment shall be one of the Village District Commissioners. The Board of Adjustment shall conform in membership, duties, and powers to the provisions of Sections 66 to 77 inclusive of Chapter 31 of the Revised Statutes Annotated (cited as RSA 31:66-77) and all other pertinent sections thereof, as amended from time to time, and shall elect its own chairman, secretary and such other officers as it shall, from time to time, deem appropriate to conduct its business.
The Board of Adjustment shall act always subject to the rule that it shall give due consideration to promoting the public health, safety, morals, convenience, and welfare, and conserving property values, that it shall permit no building or use injurious, noxious, offensive, or detrimental to a neighborhood, and that it shall prescribe appropriate conditions and safeguards in each case.
F. CONDITIONS ON VARIANCES AND SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS. In granting a Special Exception under, or an appeal for a variance from, any provision of this ordinance, the Board of Adjustment may impose on such Special Exception or variance any condition or conditions (including, without limitation, a requirement that the use or the construction of the structure or structural addition allowed thereby be substantially commenced within a certain period of time) as the Board, in its judgment, may deem reasonable and desirable or appropriate, given the nature of such use, structure or structural addition in the circumstances.
G. PENALTY. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance may be fined an amount up to the maximum amount allowed under New Hampshire law, upon conviction for each day such violation may exist.
H. PLANNING BOARD. The Village District Planning Board shall consist of at least five, up to a maximum of seven, members, all of whom shall be appointed by the Village District Commissioners for terms ranging from one to three years. The Commissioners shall fill vacancies on the Planning Board as they occur by reason of term expirations or resignations. The members of the Planning Board shall serve without compensation and shall elect from among their members a Chairman, a Secretary and such other officers as they deem necessary to conduct its business. At least one member of the Planning Board may be a Village District Commissioner. The Planning Board shall also include such alternate members as the Commissioners may from time to time appoint. The Planning Board shall be responsible for the periodic revision of the Village District’s Master Plan; for the adoption and amendment of zoning ordinance provisions; for hearing and acting on subdivision applications; and for such other
functions assigned to village district planning boards by New Hampshire law which are not reserved or assigned thereunder or under the Little Boar’s Head Zoning Ordinance to the Village District Commissioners, the Zoning Board of Adjustment or the Village District Zoning Inspectors.
I. HERITAGE COMMISSION The Little Boar’s Head Heritage Commission shall be composed of from five to seven members, who shall be appointed by the Village District Commissioners to serve without compensation. One such member shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, two for a term of four years, and each of any one or two more members for a term of five years. Within thirty days after the adoption of this provision, the Village District Commissioners shall make appointments to the Little Boar’s Head Heritage Commission in the number and for the respective terms specified in the foregoing sentence. In each year thereafter, the Village District Commissioners shall appoint (or reappoint) a member or members to the Heritage Commission with respect to, and for the same
number of years as, any expiring term. The Village District Commissioners shall also fill vacancies on the Heritage Commission as they occur.
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