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Zoning Board of Appeals



The Sumner County Zoning Board of Appeals consists of five (5) members.  They are an administrative device, serving in a Quasi-Judicial role by which Sumner County can provide for special cases on a use-by-use, lot by lot basis without amending the Zoning Resolution.  They also provide the citizens of Sumner County a mechanism for review of interpretative decisions of the Zoning Resolutions' enforcing officers: Construction & Development Director, County Planner, and Building Inspectors.

State and local law with three (3) distinct powers vest the Board of Appeals:

1.  The power of Administrative Review.
2.  The power to grant certain authorized Special Exceptions.
3.  The power to grant Variances.