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3. Unnecessary hardship (To be completed by the applicant) <br /> An applicant may not claim unnecessary hardship because of conditions which are self-imposed <br /> or created by a prior owner(for example: excavating a pond on a vacant lot and then arguing that <br /> there is no suitable location for a home). Courts have also determined that economic or financial <br /> hardship does not justify a variance. When determining whether unnecessary hardship exists, the <br /> property as a whole is considered rather than a portion of the parcel. The property owner bears <br /> the burden of proving unnecessary hardship. <br /> • For an area variance, unnecessary hardship exists when compliance would unreasonably <br /> prevent the owner from using the property for a permitted purpose (leaving the property <br /> owner without any use that is permitted for the property) or would render conformity <br /> with such restrictions unnecessarily burdensome. The Board of Adjustment must <br /> consider the purpose of the zoning restriction, the zoning restriction's effect on the <br /> property, and the short-term, long-term and cumulative effects of a variance on the <br /> neighborhood, the community and on the public interests. This standard reflects the new <br /> Ziervogel and Waushara County decisions. <br /> • For a use variance, unnecessary hardship exists only if the property owner shows that <br /> they would have no reasonable use of the property without a variance. <br /> �`° c= T e f4uttEaii "Pf .0 L e r& T/ <br /> Note: W,QhtlegWisconsm Statutes do not specifically prohibitwse. variances there area'S' <br /> ,numbek of practima masons Whey the} are not advisable - r pr s "- <br /> r.x, .'n'wA3Mt'.:. x.�..r,;gz. t/1 fi X...a,. +°` n' dd.• raw-�.. <br /> �}tom; Onnecessary hardship must be established to order toqualify fora variance- <br /> }' ,Thus means,that'wrthoat the variance ino reasonable use can be"made of then&� <br /> r,a$s",fYt-�propertyxt - :c „fit° $=x:. <br /> . '. Manv applications for use va iancessiare rn fact admrmstra i"Ve'appeals Often•.., 1 <br /> [he Board us`asked to determine whetlier a proposed use is included within v the. + <br /> itional <br /> r vAietheKit is <br /> Tory i sufficrentlyd stnct�asaz;o ez elude t fomor dthe o dinsan�e language`r Such a,,. u. ' <br /> r.y dectsron us-not a use variance but an appeal of the admi uWrato( s ai - <br /> Nt° <br /> V.-­ -,interpretation of ord ,T.ce <br /> x • ' Zonune amendments area more comnrehensrve approach than'use-tartances. �,� <br /> ,,. ""xEleetedroffictals considerthe'lager land area'to avoid puecemeandectstons that <br /> fray <br /> wccn <br /> land,useaplan a d orduntarice obtectu`veadjacent <br /> s' 1 owns`have meaningful input(veto` <br /> .41 <br /> ,) powver)Yfoxr zonmg}amendmentMo,genera A xa .ordinances:ap " <br /> ' ;�' ttooallogw usesa'rron led ms;can chat <br /> 'other zongn?d stn drstnct btiunfdanes so,ag <br /> £"_+" a, 7 'u.- Pte„ n 4- ;r S a t 'a <br /> 't "t a o Zoning tett ameridmenIs can add (or delete) permrtted or eondtfionul <br /> txfa�* +mo uses allowed un each zoinn"districtn^s`'r ' i , + <br /> Is unnecessary hardship present? <br /> YES. Describe. fVQca <br /> rE,-� <br /> ❑ NO. A variance cannot be granted? '- <br /> Page 3 <br />