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for eight years ... On the other hand, it’s a hardship to expect the neighboring landowners to accept an illegal subdivision,” he said. “But substantially, it meets the requirements” in the zoning ordinance for granting an exception, Mr. McCarthy added. “You can defend it on that basis. ”

Mr. Konick argued that hardship must pertain to the topography of the lot itself. Any economic hardship that the Lozanos face is “not a zoning hardship. It has nothing to do with zoning. It has nothing to do with subdivision law.”

“The problem was originally created by the county’s own employee,” countered Elliot DeJamette, attorney for the Lozanos. Four or five other lots on the same road — including the Halls - have the same probContinued

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