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Denial of Area Variance Upheld Where Board Found it would Produce Undesirable Change in the Neighborhood

By Patty Salkin

An appeals court upheld the denial of an area variance by the zoning board of appeals noting that the Board relied on, among other things, a 300-foot radius map which depicted the surrounding neighborhood, when concluding that the variance, which was substantial, would produce an undesirable change in the neighborhood.  Since the board properly applied [...]

Full post as published by Law of the Land on May 09, 2010 (boomark / email).