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Residents urge rejection of proposal to expand administrative "minor variances" that would cut public hearings
Summary
Bill 25-0016 would broaden the minor-variance standard (raising percentage thresholds and allowing certain single-family administrative approvals). Committee members and dozens of public commenters raised concerns about notice, equity, loss of oversight and possible unintended consequences; no vote was taken.
The Land Use & Transportation Committee heard extensive debate and public testimony on Council Bill 25-0016, a proposal to change the city's minor-variance rules.
Chair Ryan Dorsey and other members laid out the bill’s major changes: increasing measurement thresholds (for example, shifting a 10% tolerance to 15% or changing a 2-foot allowance to 5 feet, whichever is less) and adding a provision that would allow certain variances affecting single-family dwellings to be processed…
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