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7.4 ISSUANCE' The temporary conditional use permit may be issued by the zoning officer, subject to approval by the City Council. 8.1 8.2 g.3 8.4 SECTION 8 - BOARD OF ADJUST~,IENT AND VARIANCES BOARD OF ADJUST~[ENT: In accordance with Minnesota Statutes 462.351 to 462.364, a Board of Adjustment shall be appointed by the City Council. The Board of Adjustment shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman and appoint a secretary. It shall hold meetings, keep minutes and pursuant to notice, shall conduct hearings, take testimony under oath and render decisions in writing within forty-five (45) days after the hearing or continued hearing. A fee shall be charged in accordance ~¢ith a schedule annually affixed by resolution for any appeal or proceedin~g filed with the Board of Adjustment. APPEALS: The Board of Adjustment shall have the power to hear and decide appeals from any order, requirement, decision, grant or refusal made by the zoning officer in the administration of this Ordinance. An appeal shall be in writing and filed in duplicate with the zoning officer. Within ten (10) days after. filing of the appeal, the zoning officer shall transmit to the Board of Adjustment all papers involved in the proceedings. Upon receipt of this material the Board of Adjustment shall set a hearing date and give notice by mail of the time, place and purpose thereof to the appellant and to the zoning officer. The Board of Adjustment may reverse or affirm wholly or in part any ruling decision or determination of the zoning officer and may issue or direct the issuance of a permit. The decision of the' Board of Adjustment may ~e appealed to the City Council if the City Council is not the Board of Adjustment and its decision may be appealed to the District Court.: VARIANCES PURPOSE: The purpose of this section is to provide the City of Ramsey with an opportunity for amelioration of · . unnecessary hardships resulting from the rigid enforcement of its broad zoning ordinance. This variance provision authorize the Board of Adjustment to permit a particular property to be used in a manner forbidden by the ordinance by varying the terms Of the ordinance. VARIANCE LIblITATION: The Board of Adjustment, upon appeal, shall have the pox~er to authorize variances from certain requirements of this ordinance. Variances shall pertain only to the physical characteristics of the land or structures to be built thereon, such as area, height, extent of lot cove?age, setback require- ments, density and parking requirements. Specifically, the Board of Adjustment may grant only non-use or area variances and may not grant use variances such as permitting a retail business--frS- be located in a residential district. -40 -