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Board of
Adjustment
Special Exceptions
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Special Exceptions are
uses that are generally compatible with the permitted land uses
in a given zoning district, but which require individual review
of their location, design and configuration and the imposition
of conditions in order to ensure the appropriateness of the use
at a particular location within a given zoning district.
Special Exception uses are listed in the district regulations for
each zoning district. The application form for a Special
Exception form is here.
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Criteria for the Board
of Adjustment to consider when deciding on a Special Exception:
- Whether the proposed
use at the specified location is consistent with the
policies embodied in the adopted Master plan.
- Whether the proposed
use is consistent with the general purpose and intent of the
applicable zoning district regulations and complies with the
requirements of the zoning ordinance.
- Whether the proposed
use is not materially detrimental to the public health,
safety, convenience and welfare, or results in material
damage or prejudice to other property in the vicinity.
- Whether the proposed
use is compatible with and preserves the character and
integrity of adjacent development and neighborhoods and
includes improvements or modifications either on-site or
with the public rights-of-way to mitigate development
related adverse impacts, such as traffic, noise, odors,
visual nuisances, or other similar adverse effects to
adjacent development and neighborhoods. These
improvements or modifications may include, but shall not be
limited to, the placement or orientation of buildings and
entryways, parking areas, buffer yards, and the addition of
landscaping, walls or both, to ameliorate such impacts.
- Whether the proposed
use does not generate pedestrian and vehicular traffic which
will be hazardous to the existing and anticipated traffic in
the neighborhood.
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