§ 118-126. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

City staff means the city manager, city planning and zoning director, city public works director, city finance director, chief of police, fire chief, utilities director, city clerk, parks and recreation director and their designees.

Development has the meaning given it in F.S. § 380.04.

Land development regulations means resolutions, ordinances and matters approved by the city commission and provisions in this Code that regulate any aspect of development, including but not limited to zoning, rezoning, subdivision, building construction, sign regulations and other provisions controlling the development of land.

Practical difficulty means use of all or a portion of the property at issue cannot occur with reasonable physical accommodation that is economically reasonable.

Unnecessary hardship means a practical difficulty which exists due to an unintended effect of the land development regulation.

Use variance means an exception to the uses permitted in a particular zoning district by right, special exception or conditional use.

(Code 1988, § 24-194; Ord. No. 97-27, § I, 7-24-97)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.