Jackson County Missouri - File #: 5157

• File #: 5157
• Version: 0
• Name: CODE Board of Zoning merged with Plan Commission
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/24/2018
• In control: Finance and Audit Committee
• On agenda: 9/24/2018
• Final action: 10/8/2018
• Title: AN ORDINANCE repealing subsection 24003.23, Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to the Board of Zoning Adjustment, and enacting, in lieu thereof, one new subsection relating to the same subject.
• Sponsors: Dennis Waits
• Indexes: BOARD OF ZONING, JACKSON COUNTY CODE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/8/2018	0	County Legislature	adopt	Pass
10/8/2018	0	County Legislature	Consent Agenda
10/1/2018	0	County Legislature	perfect	Pass
10/1/2018	0	County Legislature	Consent Agenda
10/1/2018	0	Finance and Audit Committee	recommend for perfection	Pass
9/25/2018	0	County Legislature	Go To 1st Perfection	Pass
9/24/2018	0	County Legislature	assign to committee

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

Title
AN ORDINANCE repealing subsection 24003.23, Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to the Board of Zoning Adjustment, and enacting, in lieu thereof, one new subsection relating to the same subject.

Intro
ORDINANCE NO. 5157, September 24, 2018
INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator

Body
WHEREAS, due to resignations and term expirations, the Board of Zoning Adjustment, (BZA), which hears land use matters relating to applications for variances and appeals from administrative decisions, is currently without any active members; and,

WHEREAS, in view of the fact that the BZA has not conducted a meeting in over two years, the Director of Public Works, who serves as the BZA's secretary, has recommended that the duties of the BZA be combined with those of the Plan Commission, and assigned solely to the Plan Commission, in the interest of governmental efficiency; now therefore;

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of the Jackson County, Missouri as follows:
Section A. Enacting Clause. Subsection 2400.23, Jackson County Code, 1984, is hereby repealed, and one new subsection enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as subsection 24003.23, to read as follows:


24003.23 BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT/VARIANCES


[a. Establishment.
The Jackson County Board of Zoning Adjustment ("BZA") is hereby established in accordance with ? 64.120 RSMo. The BZA shall have the supervisory and appellate powers made and provided by law.


b. Membership.
The members of the Jackson County Board of Zoning Adjustment shall be appointed by the County Executive subject to the power of the County Legislature to disapprove.


c. Number.
The Jackson County Board of Zoning Adjustment shall consist of seven (7) members.


d. Residency.
At least three (3) of the members shall be residents of the unincorporated area of Jackson County.


e. Membership on Another County Board or Commission Prohibited.
No member sha...