VARIANCE SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST Payment of application filing fee Fee = $300 + Legal Notice ($25) + Notification ($8.92 per name on Notification List) SEVEN COLLATED SETS of each of the documents listed below This checklist completed in its entirety by the applicant The Requirements Checklist for Granting a Variance completed by the applicant Application page completed by the applicant Application bears the signature of the property owner or authorized agent OR is accompanied by a letter of authorization signed by property owner or authorized agent Notification List - completed by the applicant on the form prescribed by the Town Applicant attests that the information provided on the Notification List was (Initials) acquired from Town tax maps & Assessor s records AND was verified not more than 5 days before the application filing date A detailed letter Describing the request and Addressing the application criteria Detailed, legible plans showing the exact location of existing conditions and proposed changes. (Please contact Judy Brotman with questions about what should be included on the plans. 640-3213) A copy of Administrative Decision LARGE PLANS ARE FOLDED & COLLATED with the other materials The Zoning Board of Adjustment typically meets on the fourth Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm in the Boardroom of the Municipal Building. However, the exact date, time and location may differ from the annual schedule. Certified notices will be mailed to the Notification List recipients in accordance with State Statutes and the Town s adopted ordinances.
REQUIREMENTS CHECKLIST for GRANTING A VARIANCE APPLICANT MUST ESTABLISH ALL OF THE FOLLOWING: Requirement 1. The variance is not contrary to the public interest. 2. The spirit of the Ordinance is observed. Explanation The proposed use must not conflict with the explicit or implicit purpose of the Ordinance, and must not alter the essential character of the neighborhood, threaten public health, safety, or welfare, or otherwise injure public rights. 3. Substantial justice is done. The benefit to the applicant should not be outweighed by harm to the general public or to other individuals. 4. The values of surrounding properties are not diminished. 5. Literal enforcement of the Ordinance would result in unnecessary hardship. Unnecessary hardship means that owing to a special condition of the property that distinguish it from other properties in the area: (a) There is no fair and substantial relationship between the general public purposes of the Ordinance provision and the specific application of that provision to the property; and (b) The proposed use is a reasonable one. Expert testimony on this question is not conclusive, but cannot be ignored. The board may also consider other evidence of the effect on property values, including personal knowledge of the members themselves. The applicant must establish that the property is burdened by the zoning restriction in a manner that is distinct from other similarly situated property. Determine the purpose of the zoning restriction in question. The applicant must establish that, because of the special conditions of the property, the restriction, as applied to the property, does not serve that purpose in a fair and substantial way. The applicant must establish that the special conditions of the property cause the proposed use to be reasonable. The use must not alter the essential character of the neighborhood. Alternatively, if the (a) and (b) criteria above are not established, unnecessary hardship will be deemed to exist if, and only if, owing to special conditions of the property that distinguish it from other properties in the area, the property cannot be reasonably used in strict conformance with the Ordinance, and a variance is therefore necessary to enable a reasonable use of it. Alternatively, the applicant can satisfy the unnecessary hardship requirement by establishing that, because of the special conditions of the property, there is no reasonable use that can be made of the property that would be permitted under the ordinance. If there is any reasonable use (including an existing use) that is permitted under the Ordinance, this alternative is not available.
ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TOWN OF HANOVER, NH VARIANCE FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Case No. Fee total Date filed Received by 1. Applicant Name Mailing Address Phone No. Email 2. Property Owner Mailing Address Phone No. 3. Project Location (Street Address) Tax Block Card Zoning District 4. Applicant hereby requests a Variance as provided in Article Section of the Hanover Zoning Ordinance to permit 5. Applicant alleges the following circumstance(s) exist which prevent the proposed use of the property under the strict terms of the Hanover Zoning Ordinance 6. THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY GRANTS PERMISSION for members of the Zoning Board to enter property for purposes of reviewing the information provided in this application. Owner / Agent Signature: Date: 7. This application has been completed in accordance with the Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Hanover. Owner / Agent Signature: Date: I hereby acknowledge receipt of this application. Zoning Administrator: Date:
NOTIFICATION LIST (see also RSA 672:3 and 676:4, I (d)) Complete listing of Town of Hanover Assessor s Tax s, s, names & mailing addresses of: Owner of the subject property; Applicant (if different from the property owners); Each project consultant (architect, soil scientist, land surveyor, engineer, etc. whose professional seal appears on any plat submitted as part of this application); Abutters (any person whose property is located in [NH] and adjoins or is directly across the street or stream from the land under consideration by the local land use board); Holders of conservation, preservation, or agricultural preservation restrictions. -- Please refer to RSA 356-B:3, XXIII regarding properties under a condominium or other collective form of ownership and RSA 205-A:1, II regarding properties under a manufactured housing park form of ownership. When the officers or association are unknown all unit owners must be listed. SUBJECT PROPERTY OWNER APPLICANT CONSULTANTS, ABUTTERS, ETC. (See above)
Notification List (continued) CONSULTANTS, ABUTTERS, ETC.
ZONING BOARD SCHEDULE 2018 Hearings are usually scheduled on the fourth Thursday of the month Deliberation is usually the Thursday on the week after the hearing Submission date is usually the last work day of the preceding month Submission Date: 12/29/17 Submission Date: 06/29/18 HEARING DATE: 01/25/18 HEARING DATE: 07/26/18 Deliberation Date: 02/01/18 Deliberation Date: 08/02/18 Submission Date: 01/31/18 Submission Date: 07/31/18 HEARING DATE: 02/22/18 HEARING DATE: 08/23/18 Deliberation Date: 03/01/18 Deliberation Date: 08/30/18 Submission Date: 02/28/18 Submission Date: 08/31/18 HEARING DATE: 03/22/18 HEARING DATE: 09/27/18 Deliberation Date: 03/29/18 Deliberation Date: 10/04/18 Submission Date: 03/30/18 Submission Date: 09/28/18 HEARING DATE: 04/26/18 HEARING DATE: 10/25/18 Deliberation Date: 05/03/18 Deliberation Date: 11/01/18 Submission Date: 04/30/18 Submission Date: 10/31/18 HEARING DATE: 05/24/18 HEARING DATE: 11/29/18 Deliberation Date: 05/31/18 Deliberation Date: 12/06/18 Submission Date: 05/31/18 Submission Date: 11/30/18 HEARING DATE: 06/28/18 HEARING DATE: 12/27/18 Deliberation Date: 07/12/18 Deliberation Date: 01/03/19