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Parowan staff proposes replacing Board of Adjustments with contracted appeal authority
Summary
Staff recommended replacing the volunteer five‑member Board of Adjustments with a contracted single appeal authority (professional planner or land‑use attorney) to handle variances and land‑use appeals; staff will return with draft language.
City staff presented a concept to the planning commission on Jan. 15 proposing that Parowan replace its volunteer five‑member Board of Adjustments with a contracted appeal authority — typically a professional planner or land‑use attorney — to hear land‑use appeals and variance requests.
Dan (planning staff/commission member) described the change as a procedural modernization. Under the proposal, the appeal authority would perform…
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