Administration 15.14 Text Amendments And Map Amendments (Rezonings)
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between the base flood elevation and the elevation to which the structure is to be built and contain a written statement that such construction below the Base Flood Elevation increases risks to life and property, and that the issuance of a variance to construct a structure below the Base Flood Elevation will result in increased premium rates for flood insurance up to $25 per $100 of insurance coverage. Such notification shall be maintained with a record of all variance actions. Variances records shall be provided to the Federal Emergency Management Agency upon request.
D. Additional Conditions : In granting any variance, the Board of Adjustment may attach such conditions to the approval as it deems necessary and appropriate to satisfy the purposes and objectives of this ordinance. The Board of Adjustment may also attach conditions in order to reduce or minimize any injurious effect of such variance upon other property in the neighborhood and to ensure compliance with other terms of this ordinance. Such conditions and safeguards must be reasonably related to the condition or circumstance that gives rise to the need for a variance. 15.13.4. Appeals An appeal from the decision of the Board of Adjustment regarding a variance request may be made by an aggrieved party and shall be made to the Superior Court of Wake County in the nature of certiorari. Any such petition shall be filed with the clerk of the superior court within 30 days after the decision of the Board is filed with the Town Clerk, or after a written copy thereof is delivered to every aggrieved party who has filed a written request for such copy with the secretary or chairman of the Board at the time of its hearing of the case, whichever is later. The decision of the Board may be delivered to the aggrieved party either by personal service or by registered mail or certified mail return receipt requested.
15.14. Text Amendments And Map Amendments (Rezonings)
The Board of Commissioners may from time to time amend any part of the text of this ordinance or amend the Zoning Map of the town.
15.14.1. Application Procedures A. Process Types: Legislative B. Applicants : 1.
Map amendments (rezonings) may be submitted by any of the following: a. The Board of Commissioners, b. The Planning Board, c. The Planning Department, and/or d. Any resident or property owner within the land use jurisdiction of the town, a lessee or person holding an option or contract to purchase or lease land, or an authorized agent of the landowner, provided that any rezoning or text amendment requests that down zone property, thereby reducing allowable density or reducing the number of allowable uses, shall obtain written consent by all property owners of such impacted property.
2. Text amendments may be submitted by any of the following: a. The Board of Commissioners, b. The Planning Board, and/or c. The Planning Department.
Town of Wake Forest Unified Development Ordinance – July 19, 2022
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