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Commissioners seek rule requiring council to state hardship findings when overturning variance denials
Summary
Brandon planning commissioners discussed drafting language to require the City Council to consider the same hardship and uniqueness factors as the Board of Adjustment when overturning variance denials and proposed a joint meeting with council to discuss the change.
Members of the Brandon Planning and Zoning Commission discussed proposing a change to the city’s appeal process that would require the City Council to make specific, affirmative findings on hardship and uniqueness when overturning a denial of a variance by the Board of Adjustment.
The discussion followed a recent case in which the city council overturned the board’s denial of a variance for a three-season porch. Commissioners described frustration that appeals to council sometimes produce no written hardship findings, which complicates later precedent and makes it harder for staff and future applicants to rely on a consistent record.
City staff summarized proposed wording that would…
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