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2. Variance (land use) - Wikipedia

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   A variance is an administrative exception to land use regulations. The use and application of variances can differ considerably throughout the great number of municipalities worldwide that regulate land use on this model. The issuance of variances may be very common, or nearly unheard-of in a given municipality.

3. Zoning in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Most zoning systems have a procedure for granting variances [73] (exceptions to the zoning rules), usually because of some perceived hardship due to the particular nature of the property in question. If the variance is not warranted, then it may cause an allegation of spot zoning to arise. Most state zoning-enabling laws prohibit local zoning ...

4. Special-use permit - Wikipedia

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   Land use is governed by a set of regulations generally known as ordinances or municipal codes, which are authorized by the state's zoning enabling law. Within an ordinance is a list of land use designations commonly known as zoning. Each different type of zone has its own set of allowed uses. These are known as by-right uses.

5. New Business: 'Common Man' diner planned for Lincoln ...

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   A variance application before the zoning board for signs says the West Side location has been a success and the business needed additional space, prompting the move less than a quarter-mile away.

6. City officials focused on zoning change for ... - AOL

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   The move comes after Stagecoach Coffee withdrew its site plan application in December to open a coffee shop on a residential property, which it applied for as a neighborhood market, after a public ...

7. Spot zoning - Wikipedia

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   Spot zoning is the application of zoning to a specific parcel or parcels of land within a larger zoned area when the rezoning is usually at odds with a city's master plan and current zoning restrictions. Spot zoning may be ruled invalid as an "arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable treatment" of a limited parcel of land by a local zoning ...

8. Planned unit development - Wikipedia

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   A planned unit development (PUD) is a type of flexible, non-Euclidean zoning device that redefines the land uses allowed within a stated land area. PUDs consist of unitary site plans that promote the creation of open spaces, mixed-use housing and land uses, environmental preservation and sustainability, and development flexibility. [1]

9. 'Seasonal communities': State offers new tool for solving ...

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   HYANNIS — A plan to classify Cape Cod and other vacation spots as "seasonal communities" will allow those municipalities to unlock new resources to fight the housing crisis, said the state's top ...