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Variance

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Body

BZA Board of Zoning Appeals

Steps

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Relaxation of zoning requirements where strict compliance would result in undue hardship. Applicant bears burden of proving hardship. Per Rules of Procedure and Chapter 180-101, 180-105(A)(3).

Steps in order

1 Application Filed Start
2 Staff Review
3 Hearing Scheduled
4 Hearing Held
5 Withdrawn
6 Written Decision Pending
7 Variance Granted
8 Variance Granted with Conditions
9 Variance Denied
10 Reconsideration
11 Appealed to Circuit Court

Process diagram

graph TD
    application_filed(["Application Filed"])
    staff_review["Staff Review"]
    hearing_scheduled["Hearing Scheduled"]
    hearing_held["Hearing Held"]
    withdrawn["Withdrawn"]
    decision_pending["Written Decision Pending"]
    approved["Variance Granted"]
    approved_with_conditions["Variance Granted with Conditions"]
    denied["Variance Denied"]
    reconsideration["Reconsideration"]
    appealed_circuit_court["Appealed to Circuit Court"]
    application_filed -->|"Application Accepted"| staff_review
    application_filed -->|"Returned - Incomplete"| application_filed
    staff_review -->|"Hearing Date Set"| hearing_scheduled
    hearing_scheduled -->|"Hearing Conducted"| hearing_held
    hearing_scheduled -->|"Postponed"| hearing_scheduled
    hearing_scheduled -->|"Withdrawn After Scheduling"| withdrawn
    hearing_held -->|"Continued"| hearing_held
    hearing_held -->|"Record Closed"| decision_pending
    hearing_held -->|"Withdrawn at Hearing"| withdrawn
    decision_pending -->|"Variance Granted"| approved
    decision_pending -->|"Granted with Conditions"| approved_with_conditions
    decision_pending -->|"Variance Denied"| denied
    approved -->|"Motion to Reconsider"| reconsideration
    denied -->|"Motion to Reconsider"| reconsideration
    reconsideration -->|"Reconsidered - Granted"| approved
    reconsideration -->|"Reconsidered - Denied"| denied
    approved -->|"Appealed to Circuit Court"| appealed_circuit_court
    approved_with_conditions -->|"Appealed to Circuit Court"| appealed_circuit_court
    denied -->|"Appealed to Circuit Court"| appealed_circuit_court