Can anyone tell me who enforces the Zoning Laws in a Municipality when it the Zoning Enforcement Officer that is in violation of the Zoning Ordinance, and the Board doesn't have the backbone to tell the ZEO he is in Violation ?
Can anyone tell me who enforces the Zoning Laws in a Municipality when it the Zoning Enforcement Officer that is in violation of the Zoning Ordinance, and the Board doesn't have the backbone to tell the ZEO he is in Violation ?
The same answer as to who fined the EPA when this happened...
********** no one. ************
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ELEVEN - rotary cutter tool machines
FOUR - CO2 lasers
THREE- make that FOUR now - fiber lasers
ONE - vinyl cutter
CASmate, Corel, Gravostyle
Who is going to watch the watchers?
You can always drop a dime to the local news services....
Lee Schierer
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Sounds like the MO of the BTK killer. Somebody needs to check his cell.
I was on the zoning board and now the municipal council. My suggestion would be to document the violation (locate the code and action taken which was in violation).
Write a letter to your municipal manager and cc the chairman of the zoning board, the council president, the chief of police (if your enforcement officer is also a police officer) and the municipal attorney.
if you don't get a response or don't like the response, be a pest at every zoning board and council mtg (restating your issue during public comments) until uou get some resolution.
I'm a planner and zoning administrator by profession. In my state there are multiple levels where you can try to get relief. First step is to try to CALMLY explain your side to the zoning administrator, and do it multiple times if you have to -- we're not all jerks and live in the community just like you do. One thing I'll say is I'm only doing my job and if someone treats me like an arse it makes it much more difficult to sympathize and understand their position, so try very hard to be reasonable, not emotional and angry. Next step is to file an appeal to (in our case) a zoning hearing officer to show how their interpretation or action was against code; and it sounds like you already tried that. Next is to file an appeal to the highest municipal authority -- here it is our City Council -- they may or may not be willing to hear the case. Typically there are application fees to cover the costs of publishing legal notices and holding the meetings. And if that doesn't work of course you can hire an attorney and try to get relief through the court system; sometimes people go straight to this because it can take time. Good luck!
My advice is to not live anywhere where there is zoning or HOA's, it is my land and I can do what I want and my neighbors are far enough away that whatever we do doesn't bother each other.
There's a situation here where an entire community may lose federal flood insurance because the building inspector violated code.
http://www.monroenews.com/news/2015/...ood-insurance/
Likely your city manager.
I was at a township water board meeting once when the water department said they just caught one of the water board members red-handed bypassing his water meter. He got kicked off the board and the judge ordered him to do community service.
NOW you tell me...