The Planning and Zoning Board, acting in their capacity as the Local Planning Agency, recommends to the Town Council that the variance fee schedule be amended to ensure full cost recovery for all variances requests.

At our May 16, 2018, the Planning and Zoning Board (Board) meeting voted to forward a recommendation to the Town Council that Section 13-2102 be reviewed and amended to ensure all costs associated with a variance, regardless of type, is fully recovered. What the Board discovered in our discussion was that the current fee schedule for variances is broken into two parts: (1) a cost recovery fee to cover expenses related to advertising and recordation, and (2) a one-time fee for the rest of the costs associate with processing the application. Information provided by staff showed that on average, the Town loses money when processing a variance application. It is the Board's desire that no cost related to a variance is borne by the tax payers of the Town. Please see attached minutes of hearing.