While landowners have a constitutionally protected right to use and enjoy their property as they desire, that right is not without legal, or practical, limits. Many development plans, whether for a ...

When deciding an area variance application, a zoning board may consider the proposed use of the property and the purpose in seeking the variance. However, the zoning board cannot fail to account for ...

The Hooksett Zoning Board of Adjustment has approved a variance allowing construction of a mixed-use development with 160 housing units at the former Cigna Healthcare property on College Park Drive.

UNION, NJ – The Union Board of Adjustment meeting last week featured a contentious discussion regarding a variance application for a property located at 1370 Morris Avenue. Several local residents ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — After three hours of presentation, the city Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously denied William Gailor’s application for a use variance for his Stafford’s Bridge Road property.

A recent experience attending a Zoning Board of Appeals meeting for a variance application to construct a building got me thinking about the purpose of variances. The project had already secured two ...

In the last column, we discussed pre-existing uses and the concept of zoning variances. Now, we will look at the two major types of variances that exist in New Jersey and how they fit into land use ...

Earlier this month, an Islamic community center filed suit against the City of Troy, Michigan (“City”) after the City denied the group’s application for a variance needed to operate a mosque at the ...

PORTSMOUTH — Representatives of the late owner of a 1.4-acre Sagamore Avenue property failed in their second attempt to gain a variance needed to redevelop a 1960s-era single-family home into multiple ...

A family-owned farmstand in Bridgewater that sells home-grown fruits, vegetables and flowers could be demolished to make room for 64 multi-family townhouses under a proposal before the local zoning ...