Appeals

dc.contributor.authorEstabrook, Samantha K.
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-10T21:28:29Z
dc.date.available2019-05-10T21:28:29Z
dc.date.graduationmonthAugusten_US
dc.date.issued2019-08-01
dc.date.published2019en_US
dc.description.abstractAppellate zoning boards provide aggrieved property owners the ability to appeal bulk zoning regulations which otherwise create an undue hardship on the property owner. However, this process when not monitored, can create the following three primary, twentieth-century criticisms: (1) a high number of cases paired with high rates of approval, (2) applicant properties which lack uniqueness, and (3) the ability to issue conditional use permits (Bryden, 1977; Leary, 1957). In order to test if the three criticisms are relevant in twenty-first-century practices, the research developed a record system for reviewing all state statutes; records and analyzes the actions of appellate zoning boards in ten Kansas municipal governments from 2014-2018, and focuses on the decision trends and themes of Manhattan, Kansas, an appellate zoning board currently subject to criticism. Document analysis, coding, and tracking are used to analyze 676 cases and reveal varying trends and themes among Kansas municipal governments. The most significant finding is that Manhattan’s Board of Zoning Appeals out-paces peer municipal governments with a 17% higher rate of approval, 11% of approved cases fail to meet the uniqueness of property standard and a nearly 10% difference in the percentage of cases paired with conditional use permits. These findings support the validity of twentieth-century criticisms of appellate zoning boards and provide Manhattan, Kansas as a case of potential misuse of appellate zoning statutes.en_US
dc.description.advisorStephanie A. Rolleyen_US
dc.description.degreeMaster of Regional and Community Planningen_US
dc.description.departmentDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planningen_US
dc.description.levelMastersen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2097/39755
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectBoard of zoning appealsen_US
dc.subjectAppellate zoning boarden_US
dc.subjectRecord keepingen_US
dc.titleAppealsen_US
dc.typeReporten_US

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