Item 5 - Memo Page 1
MEMO
May 7, 2021
AGENDA ITEM #5 Temporary Exemption to Rules of Procedure Section 7.1 - Expiration of
Granted Request
SUMMARY: The Zoning Board of Adjustment Rules of Procedure, Section 7.1 – Expiration of
Granted Request allows up to one year from the date of approval to apply for a
building permit or Certificate of Occupancy on any Variance or Special Exception
Use request granted by the Zoning Board of Adjustment (Board).
Section 7.1 – Expiration of Granted Request: Any special exception or variance
granted or authorized by the Board shall authorize the issuance of a building
permit and/or a Certificate of Occupancy, as the case may be, for a period of one
year from the date of the favorable action of the Board unless said Board shall
have in its action approved a different period of time and has so shown such
specific period of time in the minutes of its action. If the building permit and/or
Certificate of Occupancy shall not have been applied for within said one year
period or such extended period as the Board may have specifically granted, then
the special exception or variance shall be deemed to have been waived and all
rights thereunder terminated.
The purpose of this item is to consider a temporary exemption or extension of the
one-year expiration on Board approvals due to COVID-19. A three year expiration
from the date of approval for all Variance and Special Exception Use requests
approved by the Board between January 1, 2019 and January 1, 2022 is
proposed.
ACTION NEEDED: Consider Temporary Exemption to Rules of Procedure Section 7.1 -
Expiration of Granted Request
STAFF CONTACT: Richard Schell (817) 748-8602
Dennis Killough (817) 748-8072