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18.21.060 Action Of The City Council

Lindsay Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · updated 2026-07-07 · Lindsay

  1. The council shall act on the application within thirty days after the close of the public hearing. The council may grant a variance to regulations prescribed by this title, as the variance was applied for or in modified form, if, on the basis of the application, investigation and evidence submitted, the council makes the following findings:

    1. That there are special circumstances or conditions applicable to the property involved, such that strict or literal interpretation and enforcement of the specified regulation would deprive the applicant of privileges enjoyed by the owners of other properties classified in the same zoning district.

    2. That the granting of the variance will not constitute a grant of special privilege inconsistent with the limitations on other properties classified in the vicinity and in the same zoning district.

  2. The council may grant a variance to a regulation prescribed by this title, with respect to off-street parking facilities or off-street loading facilities as the variance was applied for or in modified form, if, on the basis of the application, investigation and the evidence submitted, the council makes the findings prescribed in subsection A of this section and the following additional findings:

    1. That neither present nor anticipated future traffic volumes generated by the use of the site or the uses of sites in the vicinity reasonably require strict or literal interpretation and enforcement of the specified regulation.

    2. That the granting of the variance will not result in the parking or loading of vehicles on public streets in such a manner as to interfere with the free flow of traffic on the streets.

    3. That the variance will not create a safety hazard or any other condition inconsistent with the objectives of the zoning title.

  3. In approving a variance, the council shall add such conditions of approval as it deems necessary to assure that the variance adjustment shall not constitute a grant of special privilege as described under subsection A of this section.

  4. A variance may be revocable, may be granted for a limited time period, or may be granted subject to such conditions as the council may prescribe. The council may deny a variance application.

  5. A variance shall become effective ten days following the date on which the variance was granted by the council.

(Ord. 437 § 1 (part), 1989)

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▸ Contents — Lindsay Zoning Code
Lindsay Zoning Code
  1. 18.01.010 Adoption
  2. 18.01.020 Purposes And Objectives Of The Code
  3. 18.01.030 Short Title
  4. 18.01.040 Components Of The Zoning Title
  5. 18.01.050 Interpretation
  6. 18.02.010 Districts
  7. 18.02.020 District Boundaries
  8. 18.02.030 Effect Of District Regulations
  9. 18.02.050 Requirements For Maintaining Consistency With Genera…
  10. 18.03.010 Adoption Of Zone Plan
  11. 18.03.020 Division Of The Zone Plan
  12. 18.03.030 Amendments To The Zone Plan
  13. 18.04.010 Purpose And Application
  14. 18.04.020 Permitted Uses
  15. 18.04.030 Permitted Uses; Administrative Approval
  16. 18.04.040 Conditional Uses; City Council Approval
  17. 18.04.050 Property Development Standards
  18. 18.04.060 General Provisions And Exceptions
  19. 18.05 UR Urban Reserve District
  20. 18.06 RA Residential Acreage District
  21. 18.07.010 Purposes And Application
  22. 18.07.020 Permitted Uses
  23. 18.07.030 Permitted Uses; Administrative Approval
  24. 18.07.040 Conditional Uses; City Council Approval
  25. 18.07.050 Property Development Standards
  26. 18.08.010 Purposes And Application
  27. 18.08.020 Permitted Uses
  28. 18.08.030 Permitted Uses; Administrative Approval
  29. 18.08.040 Conditional Uses; City Council Approval
  30. 18.08.050 Property Development Standards
  31. 18.08.070 General Provisions And Exceptions
  32. 18.09 PO Professional Office District
  33. 18.10 C Commercial Districts
  34. 18.18 of this title.
  35. 18.10.070 C Property Development Standards
  36. 18.10.080 C Project Review Requirements
  37. 18.10.090 C General Provisions And Exceptions
  38. 18.11 I Industrial Districts
  39. 18.12.010 PUD Planned Unit Development Combining District
  40. 18.12.020 MXU Mixed Use Combining District
  41. 18.13.080 Existing Uses
  42. 18.13.010 Purposes And Application
  43. 18.13.070 Screening, Fencing And Landscaping
  44. 18.13.080 Existing Uses
  45. 18.14.020 Temporary Subdivision Signs And Sales Offices
  46. 18.14.030 Mobile Home Parks
  47. 18.14.050 Regulation Of Manufactured Housing Within Residentia…
  48. 18.14.060 Second Dwelling Units
  49. 18.14.120 Applicability And Severability
  50. 18.14.130 No Discrimination Against Noncommercial Speech
  51. 18.14.140 Exempt Signs
  52. 18.14.150 Prohibited Signs
  53. 18.14.160 Permits Required
  54. 18.14.170 Rules For Sign Measurement
  55. 18.14.180 Sign Regulations On Developed Sites By Zone District
  56. 18.14.200 Offsite Temporary Signs For Residential Subdivisions
  57. 18.14.210 Flags And Flagpoles
  58. 18.14.240 Temporary Sign Standards
  59. 18.14.250 Size Of Signs On Windows
  60. 18.14.280 Illumination Of Signs
  61. 18.14.290 Concealed Electrical Systems
  62. 18.14.300 Master Sign Program
  63. 18.14.310 Variances And Minor Deviations
  64. 18.14.320 Wall Mural Placement And Design Criteria
  65. 18.14.340 Maintenance Of Signs
  66. 18.14.350 Hazardous Signs
  67. 18.14.360 Abandoned Or Obsolete Signs
  68. 18.14.370 Illegal Signs
  69. 18.14.380 Other Signs And Advertising Structures
  70. 18.14.390 Enforcement
  71. 18.14.400 Definitions
  72. 18.15 General Provisions And Exceptions
  73. 18.16.010 Purposes And Application
  74. 18.16.020 Procedure
  75. 18.16.030 Findings
  76. 18.16.040 Notice Of Decision
  77. 18.16.060 Revocation
  78. 18.16.070 Building Permit
  79. 18.16.080 Review Of Utility Towers And Lines
  80. 18.16.090 Wireless Communication Facilities
  81. 18.17 Permits For Conditional Uses
  82. 18.18.020 Drawings To Be Submitted
  83. 18.18.030 Referral And Action
  84. 18.18.040 Conditions Of Approval
  85. 18.18.050 Required Findings
  86. 18.18.080 Building Permit
  87. 18.18.090 Lapse Of Site Plan Approval
  88. 18.18.100 Revocation
  89. 18.18.110 Site Plan Approval To Run With The Land
  90. 18.18.120 Minor Revisions To A Previously Approved Site Plan
  91. 18.19.010 Purposes
  92. 18.19.030 Permitted Uses
  93. 18.19.040 Site Area
  94. 18.19.050 Standards
  95. 18.19.060 Required Conditions
  96. 18.19.070 Use Permit Procedure
  97. 18.20 Standards For Specific Uses
  98. 18.21.010 Purposes
  99. 18.21.020 Authority Of The City Council
  100. 18.21.030 Application And Fee
  101. 18.21.040 Hearing And Notice
  102. 18.21.050 Public Hearing; Procedure
  103. 18.21.060 Action Of The City Council
  104. 18.21.070 Building Permit
  105. 18.21.080 Lapse Of Variance
  106. 18.21.090 Revocation
  107. 18.21.100 New Application
  108. 18.21.110 Administrative Adjustments
  109. 18.21.120 Reasonable Accommodation
  110. 18.22.010 Purpose
  111. 18.22.030 Application And Fee
  112. 18.22.090 Special Zoning Exceptions; Alternate Procedure For A…
  113. 18.23.010 Permit, Certificates And Licenses
  114. 18.23.020 Duties Of The Community Development Director And Bui…
  115. 18.23.030 Violations; Penalties
  116. 18.23.040 Property Maintenance
  117. 18.24.010 Construction
  118. 18.24.020 General Terminology
  119. 18.24.030 Definitions

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