Board decisions and records

A. Following a public hearing on an application for appeal, variance or special use permit, the Board shall render a decision within 15 days. The Board shall include in its decision all findings of fact and conditions, showing the vote of each member participating thereon, and the absence of a member or his/her failure to vote.
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. IV).
B. Written decisions shall be recorded in the office of the Town Clerk and filed in the Planning Department within 30 working days from the date when the decision was rendered and shall be a public record. The decision shall be posted in a location visible to the public in the Town Hall for a period of 20 days following the recording of the decision.
C. The Zoning Board of Review shall keep written minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact, and shall keep records of its examinations, findings of fact, and other official actions, all of which shall be recorded and filed in the Planning Department in an expeditious manner upon completion of the proceeding.
D. For any proceeding in which the right of appeal lies to the Superior or Supreme Court, the Zoning Board of Review shall have the minutes taken either by a competent stenographer or recorded by a sound-recording device. The cost of such stenographic services shall be borne by the applicant.
E. Any decision by the Zoning Board of Review, including any special conditions attached thereto, shall be distributed to the applicant, to the Zoning Enforcement Officer, Tax Assessor, the Planning Department and to the Associate Director of the Division of Planning of the Rhode Island Department of Administration. Any decision evidencing the granting of a variance or special use shall also be recorded in the land evidence records of the Town.
F. Reconsiderations of previous decisions shall be provided the same time considerations regarding decisions, recording of decisions, minutes and rights of appeal, as other applicable time periods.