tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post9213908985059120264..comments2024-03-28T17:55:31.180-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Last Night at the Legal CommitteeCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-57473326760240216742017-11-29T17:45:31.700-05:002017-11-29T17:45:31.700-05:00There are two kinds of variances: area variances a...There are two kinds of variances: area variances and use variances. Area variances are granted all the time, because the setbacks required by our antiquated zoning don't reflect the city as it exists. Use variances, which is what would be required here, are not granted all the time. The bar is very high for a use variance. There are four tests for a use variance, one of them being that the hardship, imposed by the zoning, is not self-created. In the case of Basil Nooks, it was self-created. Although the building had been an eating and drinking establishment for decades, there was a lapse in use, so the use he was proposing could not just be grandfathered in.Carole Osterinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-20542146874350523552017-11-29T17:27:07.086-05:002017-11-29T17:27:07.086-05:00Why does the law have to be rewritten? Can't t...Why does the law have to be rewritten? Can't there be a variance for special situations?<br />Seems like variances are being granted all the time - why not in this case ?Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548912912359709568noreply@blogger.com