Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: How can we get past or change zongin laws?

[Carol Agate (carolagate]

There is always an appeal process, allowing a variance due to  
"hardship." Of course, that's not a standard especially applicable to  
cohousing - but a zoning appeals board that is sympathetic to the  
concept might be able to find the inability to live in an intentional  
community is a hardship. ("Hardship" can't be strictly financial.)  
When I lived in the east every town had a zoning board of appeals. In  
California it seems that the city council handles the zoning appeals.

Carol

On Jun 3, 2008, at 4:18 PM, Lindsay Morris wrote:

> So, if zoning seems to be the big impediment to getting things done  
> in the Cohousing world,
> How do we change or circumvent zoning laws?
>
> I'm betting that it's been much discussed before I came to this list  
> and there's an article somewhere that someone can point me towards.
> Thanks in advance!
> -- Lindsay