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they agreed that the variapcp would not violate the intent of the.'county’s zoning regulations.
Zoning Administrator John McCarthy reported that the Planning Commissioners had unanimously recommended granting the variance. He noted that Mr. Wharton’s lot “couldn’t be approved today” but that his and other irregularly shaped lots had been okayed in the past “through disregard more than anything else.”
Mr. Monahan, however, took some convincing on the hardship issue. “The kernel of this thing comes down to undue hardship,” he said. “That’s the hard one,” he added, referring to the three findings the BZA must make: that granting the variance will not contravene the intent of the zoning ordinance or adversely affect neighboring^ landowners and property values and that strict application of the ordinance will work an undue hardship on the applicant.
“Every time we consider a variance application, it’s the same problem,” said Mrs. Luke. “What is really a hardship? To me, a hardship is undue or unreasonable if no harm is caused (by granting the variance). . . No matter where he puts the carport, he’ll need a variance (to the required setback from adjoining property lines) because of the narrowness of the lot. ”
Mr. Whorton, an employee of the highway department, explained that he needs a carport in which to keep
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