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A variance is a request by a property owner to deviate from current zoning laws for any number of reasons. A zoning law, or zoning ordinance, is put in place by a local governing body to dictate how property in a particular area or zone can be utilized.

In general, a variance will only be granted if the following 4 criteria are met: Compliance with the zoning laws would cause undue hardship on the landowner; The proposed construction is necessary for reasonable use of the property; The proposed construction would not alter the essential character of the neighborhood;

Variances are not typically granted unless the property owner can show that the existing regulations present a real difficulty in using the property. Related: What Is the Purpose of Zoning?

The variance is a measure of variability. It is calculated by taking the average of squared deviations from the mean. Variance tells you the degree of spread in your data set. The more spread the data, the larger the variance is in relation to the mean.

A variance is a request for relief from the strict application of zoning regulations to alleviate an unusual hardship to a particular property. For example, a homeowner may request that a room addition be permitted closer to the property line than the Zoning Ordinance would normally allow.

The term variance refers to a statistical measurement of the spread between numbers in a data set. More specifically, variance measures how far each number in the set is from the mean (average), and thus from every other number in the set.

A zoning variance provides a property owner with the legal permission to build structures or use land in ways that are contrary to existing local zoning conditions.

A variance is a way that cities may allow an exception to part of a zoning ordinance. It is a permitted departure from strict enforcement of the ordinance as applied to a particular piece of property. A variance is generally for a dimensional standard (such as setbacks or height limits).