|
We
provide these forms as reference material only. Anytime a
contract is entered into you should consult one of our real
estate professionals or an attorney for your own protection.
These are standardized forms and will need to be adjusted for
your particular situation or location. In accordance with
Florida Law, only attorneys may prepare leases of any kind.
Variance Application
Application No. _________
To the _________[Board of Zoning Appeals or Board of Adjustment or
as the case may be]
A. Statement of Ownership and Interest.
1. The applicant(s), _________[name(s)], _________[is or are] the
owner(s) of property situated at the following address: _________
2. The legal description of the property is as follows: _________
3. The applicant(s) acquired the above-described property on
_________[date].
4. The _________[applicant’s or applicants’] telephone number is
_________.
B. Request.
The _________[applicant requests or applicants request] the
following variance(s):
1. Section(s) of Zoning Ordinance concerned: _________
2. Description and purpose of use restriction(s) sought to be
varied: _________[for example: (a) Reduction in front set-back
requirements from 35 feet to 28 feet, and (b) increase in unit
density for apartment buildings from 1000 square feet to 300 square
feet].
3. Statement of variance sought: _________[for example: To obtain a
waiver of the uses permitted in residential zone R-1 by permitting
three-family occupancy of the subject property and to obtain a
waiver of all provisions set forth in the Denial of Certification or
Building Permit as required to permit the proposed construction, as
shown on the attached plan drawn to scale].
C. Reasons for Request.
1. _________[State reasons in separately numbered paragraphs, for
example: The strict application of the above-referenced provisions
of the Zoning Ordinance would result in practical difficulties or
unnecessary hardship inconsistent with the general purpose and
intent of the Zoning Ordinance of the _________ (Town or City) of
_________.
2. The exceptional or extraordinary circumstances or conditions
applying to the _________ (property involved or intended use of the
property involved or intended development of the property involved)
that do not apply generally to other properties or uses in the same
zoning district or neighborhood are _________(specify).
3. The granting of the variance(s) sought will not be a substantial
detriment to the public interest or to the property or improvements
in the zoning district concerned, and will not materially impair the
purpose of the Zoning Ordinance of the _________ (Town or City) of
_________ because _________(specify).]
4. Section of Zoning Ordinance proposed for amendment: _________
5. Proposed amendatory wording: _________
6. Circumstances or changed conditions that justify the proposed
amendment: _________
7. The proposed amendment will clarify or improve the ordinance for
the following reason(s): _________
Dated: _________
__________________________
Signed
|