Avon BZA training underscores need for explicit findings and careful record‑keeping
Town of Avon legal staff delivered the BZA's annual training, stressing that findings of fact must link specific hearing facts to each legal criterion, distinguishing variance types and citing recent case law (including Beaver Gravel) as cautionary precedents.
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Town planning counsel delivered the Board of Zoning Appeals' annual training session, focusing on the legal importance of writing specific findings of fact that tie the facts presented at the hearing to each required criterion. Counsel emphasized that motions should ideally include the factual reasoning (for example, "I move to approve because...") so that an appellate court can understand why the board reached its decision.
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