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Council grants zoning exemption to grandfather two pending applications; debate centers on fairness and litigation risk
Summary
The council passed a resolution allowing two pending land-use applications to remain before the Zoning Board of Appeals rather than be moved to the newly created planning board. Council and public speakers debated whether that approach risks public transparency or avoids litigation delays for projects that predated the planning board.
The City Council adopted a resolution March 4 granting the Zoning Board of Appeals temporary exemption powers to finish reviewing two existing applications that predated the formation of a new planning board.
Council legal staff and counsel explained that one application — described in the meeting as a large, long-running project nearing the end of its eight-year review — and a second subdivision matter had already been heard before the zoning board and were being held open. Counsel said moving them to the newly formed planning board, which now has…
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