Homeowners and small businesses asking the zoning board for an exception
Draft the written statement for a zoning variance or conditional use permit, answering your town's tests point by point. Free to read.
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What you get
The first draft is free to read. Each document after it is drafted from the same confirmed facts.
Modeled on: Your town's variance and conditional use criteria (Minnesota's practical-difficulties test, Minn. Stat. 462.357 subd. 6, as the model)
From public data
is how long a Minnesota town has to approve or deny a written zoning request; if it doesn't deny in time, the request is approved
Source: Minn. Stat. 15.99
Questions
It depends on your state and town. Minnesota's test is a common pattern: the owner proposes a reasonable use the ordinance doesn't permit, the problem comes from circumstances unique to the property that the owner didn't create, and the variance won't alter the area's essential character. Economic considerations alone don't count.
Not everywhere. In Minnesota the board may not grant a variance for any use the zoning ordinance doesn't allow in that zone. It can attach conditions to the variances it does grant, as long as each condition is directly related and roughly proportional to the variance's impact.
State law sets the clock. In Minnesota an agency must approve or deny a written zoning request within 60 days. If it fails to deny the request in time, the request is approved, and a denial must state its reasons in writing. Check your own state's rule.
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Answer it and the project exists. Three more questions, then the draft.