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The Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) is a semi-judicial body that holds public hearings on zoning variances and administrative appeals.
The Board of Zoning Appeals:
- considers and grants variances when strict compliance to the zoning ordinance is not practical or represents an unnecessary hardship.
- grants special exceptions, conditional uses, and variances to developmental standards.
- hears appeals of decisions made by the zoning administrator.
- helps property owners with special situations find relief when there is good and sufficient cause.
Meetings
The Board of Zoning Appeals usually meets at 7:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month, except August.
Meeting location
Council Chambers
Second floor of Town Hall
127 Center Street S
2023 Meeting Dates*
| Jan. 18, 2023 |
| Feb. 15, 2023 |
| March 15, 2023 |
| April 19, 2023 |
| May 17, 2023 |
| June 21, 2023 |
| July 19, 2023 |
| Sept. 20, 2023 |
| Oct. 18, 2023 |
| Nov. 15, 2023 |
| Dec. 20, 2023 |
**The Board of Zoning Appeals does not meet in August.**
To submit a project for review, register for a pre-application meeting using the Town’s IDTPlans portal. A pre-application meeting is required before submitting a formal application. After the pre-application meeting, staff will determine if the application is complete before formally placing the item on an agenda of the Board.
Board members
- Manpreet Dhanjal, Chair
- Joseph Lowther, Vice-Chair
- George Creed
- Robert Dowler
- Michael Gadell
- Robert Petersen
- Daniel Nash
Contact
Andrea West, CZA, Zoning Administrator and Staff Representative
Email
703-255-7858
Yaska Camacho Castillo, Board Clerk
Email
703-255-6348