Sentence examples for sought a variance. from inspiring English sources

Mr. Jenkins then sought a variance from the Board of Zoning Appeals, citing the one given to the Baptist church.

When Kurt Karpavich, a resident of Watertown, Conn., an affluent rural town in Litchfield County, sought a variance from the town to put up a 55-foot turbine behind his house last summer, a dozen neighbors signed a petition against it and placed signs reading "No to the Windmill" on their lawns.

But the company is still seeking a variance to build a tower in a residential zone.

We then elected to seek a variance to permit ground-floor retail.

Terra Homes has been seeking a variance to build 20 high ranches in Levittown.

But unlike Huntington, in which such a set-aside is required for all projects seeking a variance, the Hempstead law was enacted in 1992 for this project alone.

The developer is seeking a variance to increase the number of other companies allowed to share the commercial space with the Digest.

The zoning then in force would have permitted a building no taller than 19 stories and would have required him to seek a variance to build to the 34 stories he was seeking, he said.

Mr. Weldon pleaded guilty to accepting $50,000 from a developer in Neptune who was seeking a variance to more densely develop an 81.5-acre parcel in Ocean Township in the summer of 2001.

Mr. Singer could seek a variance that would allow him to convert the building to more lucrative residential use, but he has said that he will not build apartments.

Texaco's 750,000-square-foot office complex at 2000 Westchester Avenue, which it has occupied for 21 years, is only two-thirds occupied, the spokeswoman said, and the company is seeking a variance to bring in another tenant.