Mac
Gold Member
That's what administering Zoning laws can turn into.
A resident - and former Village Trustee - owns a vacant parcel of land which abuts her own. They have owned this parcel for years, although it is part of a larger business zone. There is no street frontage.
The business zone has setback requirements, and by my reckoning, the little parcel can not be built on because there is no area that is open & buildable. In order to build a storage building, they would need at least three zoning variances.
Granted, it is an odd situation and an odd little bit of land. The Zoning board of Appeals may grant relief, but the owner has to apply for it. They are pretty annoyed now. Maybe I'll give them a few days to cool off.
Its one of those things I could tell them to go ahead with, and no one would care. But that's not the job - the job is to apply the code impartially.
A resident - and former Village Trustee - owns a vacant parcel of land which abuts her own. They have owned this parcel for years, although it is part of a larger business zone. There is no street frontage.
The business zone has setback requirements, and by my reckoning, the little parcel can not be built on because there is no area that is open & buildable. In order to build a storage building, they would need at least three zoning variances.
Granted, it is an odd situation and an odd little bit of land. The Zoning board of Appeals may grant relief, but the owner has to apply for it. They are pretty annoyed now. Maybe I'll give them a few days to cool off.
Its one of those things I could tell them to go ahead with, and no one would care. But that's not the job - the job is to apply the code impartially.