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REAL ESTATE EXAM PREPGEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM GLOSSARY
A zoning variance is official permission to depart from a specific zoning requirement when the applicant satisfies the ordinance's legal standard, commonly involving a property-specific hardship rather than personal convenience.
Land Use Controls and Regulations
Land use controls
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What does Zoning variance mean?
A zoning variance is official permission to depart from a specific zoning requirement when the applicant satisfies the ordinance's legal standard, commonly involving a property-specific hardship rather than personal convenience.
How do you separate the nearest exam answer?
A variance grants relief from a current rule. A nonconforming use was lawful before the rule changed.
What changes or stays the same in Georgia?
Local Georgia ordinances and boards control procedure and standards. A variance ordinarily does not rewrite zoning for the whole district.
An unusually shaped lot cannot meet the standard side setback, so the owner seeks limited relief for that dimensional requirement.
Wanting a more profitable project is not automatically the hardship required for a variance.
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An owner's wedge-shaped lot cannot fit a house within the 15-foot side setback. The owner asks the board for permission to build 10 feet from the line. What is the owner seeking?
- A
A nonconforming use
- B
A zoning variance
- C
A rezoning of the district
- D
A special use permit
A variance is relief from a specific zoning requirement, usually justified by a hardship tied to the property, such as an odd lot shape. A nonconforming use is one that was lawful before the rules changed. A rezoning would change the rules for the district, not for one lot's setback.
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