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Appeals board weighs creating structured variance criteria; staff to draft memo to city counsel
3764385 · June 6, 2025
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Summary
Board members discussed whether to recommend creating a variance process or clearer standards for appeals and directed staff to send a memo to city counsel for further research and options.
Board members of the Ames Property Maintenance Appeals Board spent the bulk of the meeting discussing whether the city code should include a structured variance process for property maintenance appeals and what criteria should govern that process.
Sarah (staff member) presented a memo summarizing options and highlighted the Windsor Heights variance criteria as an example. She…
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