Comments on: City Place: ZBA Appeal Filed http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/11/04/city-place-zba-appeal-filed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=city-place-zba-appeal-filed it's like being there Tue, 16 Sep 2014 04:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: Alan Goldsmith http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/11/04/city-place-zba-appeal-filed/comment-page-1/#comment-76997 Alan Goldsmith Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:27:49 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=75312#comment-76997 “It also is not bound to accept the advice of the City Attorney’s office.”

That’s certainly a positive thing.

]]> By: David Cahill http://annarborchronicle.com/2011/11/04/city-place-zba-appeal-filed/comment-page-1/#comment-76837 David Cahill Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:46:28 +0000 http://annarborchronicle.com/?p=75312#comment-76837 The Zoning Board of Appeals is ten feet tall and covered with hair.

It has essentially unlimited power to overturn any decision made by anyone involving zoning. It exercises this authority rarely, but the state statute the Chronicle quotes makes it clear that the ZBA must decide appeals like the one the neighbors have filed. The issue cannot be dodged.

The ZBA is a body set up under state law, and is in this respect like the Historic District Commission.

It also is not bound to accept the advice of the City Attorney’s office.

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