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MUNICIPALITY OF MONROEVILLE2012 BUDGETDepartment Number:5300 Department Name: Zoning Hearing BoardDepartment Description:The Zoning Hearing Board is a five-member board comprised of volunteers from each ward intile Municipality of Monroeville. No ward may have more than one member on the Board.This citizen board meets the first Wednesday of every month with a review session held theprevious week. A quasi-judicial board, this group has jurisdiction to hear the following: (1)substantive challenges to the validity of any land-use ordinance, except curative amendments;(2) procedural challenges to a land-use ordinance; (3) appeals from the determination of theZoning Officer; (4) appeals from a determination by the Municipal Engineer or Zoning Officerwith respect to the administration of any flood plan or flood hazard ordinance or suchprovisions within a land-use ordinance; (5) applications for variances; (6) applications forspecial exceptions; (7) appeals from the determination of any officer or agency charges withthe administration of any transfers of development rights or performance density provisions ofthe zoning ordinance; (8) appeals from the Zoning Officer's determination for a preliminaryopinion under Section 916.2; and (9) appeals from the determination of the Zoning Officer orMunicipal Engineer.Department Standards:• The Monroeville Zoning Officer serves as the lead staff person assisting the ZoningHearing Board.• At the Zoning Hearing Board's direction, a solicitor is appointed to provide legal advice,assisting the Board at each meeting and represent them in any appeal to their decisions.• Professional stenographic services are provided for all Zoning Hearing Board meetingsthat include the preparation of monthly minutes and the occasional transcript.·144·