Board discusses new 'practical difficulty' standard and its effect on variances
Zoning staff told the board that the state legislature enacted a practical-difficulty standard (referenced as May 2025) shifting how dimensional variances are evaluated; members debated its application to industrial-lot shapes and whether hardship criteria were met in the KRK Properties case.
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Zoning staff briefed the board on a recent change in state law affecting how counties assess variance requests, describing the shift to a "practical difficulty" standard for dimensional situations.
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