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City attorney reviews variance standards, Open Meetings and ethics with Troy ZBA
Summary
City attorney and staff gave the board an annual refresher covering dimensional- and use-variance legal standards, motion-writing best practices, Open Meetings Act constraints, FOIA and conflicts-of-interest guidance.
City legal counsel and staff gave the Troy City Zoning Board of Appeals an annual training session covering the legal standards that govern dimensional and use variances, best practices for drafting motions and written findings, and rules that govern board conduct.
The presentation emphasized that a dimensional variance requires the applicant to prove every element of "practical difficulty," including an exceptional characteristic of the property, a nexus between the difficulty and the premises, an absence of self-created hardship, and that the…
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