ZBA Variance Request

Name of Applicant:

Address:

Telephone: Fax:

Email Address:

Owner of Property:

Location of Property:

Map: Lot:

You are applying to develop your property in a way that is prohibited by the requirements in the Zoning Ordinance. Please state the Article and Section of the Zoning Ordinance from which you are requesting a variance.

Please give a detailed description of your proposal:

Has the property received a Special Exception or Variance in the past?
Yes No
If "YES", please provide copies of past Zoning Board of Adjustment Notices of Decision.

Please describe how the requested variance would comply with the following criteria:

The variance would not be contrary to the public interest;

The sprit of the ordinance is observed;

Substantial justice is done;

The values of surrounding properties are not diminished; and

Literal enforcement of the provisions of the ordinance would result in an unnecessary hardship.
  (A) For purposes of this subparagraph, "unnecessary hardship" means that, owing to special conditions of the property that distinguish it from other properties in the area:
    (i) No fair and substantial relationship exists between the general public purposes of the ordinance provision and the specific application of that provision to the property; and
    (ii) The proposed use is a reasonable one.

  (B) If the criteria in subparagraph (A) are not established, an unnecessary hardship will be deemed to exist if, and only if, owing to special conditions of the property that distinguish it from other properties in the area, the property cannot be reasonably used in strict conformance with the ordinance, and a variance is therefore necessary to make a reasonable use of it.

Abutter List

• An abutter is defined as any person whose property adjoins or is directly across the street or stream from the land under consideration by the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
• Abutter information can be obtained from the Planning Department located upstairs in the Town Hall.
• Enter the names, mailing address and map and lot numbers for all abutters:
  
  

Fee Schedule

• Application $100
• Newspaper Legal Ad $90
• Certified Notices $10/abutter

All fees must be paid at the time the application is submitted or the application will not be accepted.

Notes

• Submissions must be made in accordance with the adopted Zoning Board of Adjustment submission deadline, which is posted at the Town Hall.
• All applicants are encouraged to meet with the Code Enforcement Officer prior to submitting an application to avoid delays due to incomplete information.

Authorization

Clicking on the submit button below constitutes my permission to send these documents to the Code Enforcement Officer. By submitting this application, I verify that I am the legal property owner or have a notorized letter from the property owner allowing me act on their behalf. This form and payment must be submitted to the Town prior to being placed on the agenda.