{"id":2150,"date":"2020-11-04T14:31:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T19:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swedenmaine.org\/staging\/?page_id=2150"},"modified":"2023-05-26T13:33:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T17:33:42","slug":"board-of-appeals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swedenmaine.org\/staging\/board-of-appeals\/","title":{"rendered":"Board of Appeals"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2150\" class=\"elementor elementor-2150\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-401163e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"401163e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9757960\" data-id=\"9757960\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-48a4b85 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48a4b85\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae4f7fa\" data-id=\"ae4f7fa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd1dac3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd1dac3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Board of Appeals has the authority to hear and act upon appeals by any person, body, company, corporation or other legal entity that has suffered a particularized injury as the result of any decision, order, rule, action, or failure to act by any municipal official, agency, board or other body where the Board of Appeals is specifically given jurisdiction by statute or ordinance.<\/p>\n<p>This Board meets on an as-need basis and has jurisdiction only regarding applications for \u201cAdministrative Appeals\u201d (where it is alleged that there is an error in any order, requirement, decision or determination made by, or failure to act by, the Code Enforcement Officer, Planning Board, General Assistance Administrator, or any other municipal official), and requests for \u201cVariances\u201d regarding dimensional requirements such as setbacks, frontage, lot width, structure height, area and size of structures, yards, or open spaces where strict application of the provisions of the pertinent ordinance would result in undue hardship.<\/p>\n<p>This is a five member Board, each serving a five year term with two alternates each serving a one year term.<\/p>\n<p>Currently there is an opening for two alternate members.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17157e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17157e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\n<table id=\"tablepress-6\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-6 tantable\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">members<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">term expires<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Marilyn Smith<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Ardelle Foss<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Julie Frum<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Evangeline Hopkins<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Member (vacant)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Alternate (vacant)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-6 from cache --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c7d921\" data-id=\"1c7d921\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4a2329 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" 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Decision<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e17af3e elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e17af3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/swedenmaine.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/D.-SW-BOA-Application-Variance-for-Disability-Appeal-Adopted-2019-04-29.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Application for Variance for Disability Appeal<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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