Board of Zoning Appeals

Meetings

• Scheduled as needed
• 3117 Dayton Boulevard
  Red Bank Court
  Red Bank, TN

Members

• Chad Bullard
• Pete Phillips
• Sonja Millard
• Rufus Smith
• Karen Ziv

Overview

The Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) performs administrative reviews and has certain limited and prescribed authority to hear zoning variance requests. When performing an administrative review, BZA hears and decides appeals where it is alleged by an individual that there has been an error made or an abuse of discretion by an administrative official in administering the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance. BZA also hears and decides applications for a variance in order to be relieved from a specific requirement of the Zoning Ordinance. 

Condition for Board Decisions

(A) Before a variance or special exception may be granted, the Board must find that the following conditions exist:

(1) That by reason of exceptional narrowness, shallowness, or shape of a specific piece of property at the time of enactment of the zoning regulations, or by reason of exceptional topographic conditions or other extraordinary and exceptional situation or condition of such piece of property, the strict application of the Zoning Ordinance would result in peculiar and practical difficulties or undue hardships upon the owner to develop his property in accordance with the use provisions of the zoning regulations.

(2) That the relief of the undue hardships granted by the Board would not establish substantial detriment to the public good or substantially impair the intent and purpose of the zone plan and Zoning Ordinance.

(3) That the peculiar hardship, practical difficulties, or undue hardships would apply to the particular land or building regardless of the owner.

(4) That the peculiar hardship, practical difficulties, or undue hardship is not created as the result of an act upon the part of the applicant.

(5) That the peculiar hardship, practical difficulties, or undue hardships asserted by the applicant relates only to the premises for the benefit of which the variance or special exception is sought and would not be generally applicable to other premises in the City of the personal conditions of the applicant.

(6) Provided, however, that where the application for a variance or special exception involves only the addition to or extension of an existing building or structure, the Board may allow such addition or extension when said addition or extension would be no less conforming as to set back distances than the existing structure or structures on the same or adjacent property, provided further, that such addition or extension is not in conflict with the character of the area in which the property is located or the comprehensive zoning plan.