3.3 DUTIES AND POWERS OF BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS
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The official Leeds code is at https://leeds.utah.gov/town-code/.
Text pulled 2026-10-19 from this source.
Chapter 10 is a scanned image on the town's site and is not included; chapter 19 is a placeholder and chapter 23 was repealed.
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The Leeds Appeal Authority shall have the following powers as defined in Utah State Code Section 10-9a-701 through 10-9a-708:
3.3.1. To hear and decide appeals where it is alleged that there is error in any order, requirement, decision or determination made by the administrative official(s) in the enforcement of this article or of any ordinance adopted pursuant thereto.
3.3.1.1. The Appeal Authority shall act in a quasi-judicial manner and serve as final arbiter of issues involving the interpretation of applications of Land Use Ordinances.
3.3.1.2. The Appeal Authority may not entertain an appeal of a matter in which the appeal authority, or any participating member, had first acted as the land use authority.
3.3.2. To hear and decide interpretations to the terms of this Ordinance upon which such Board is required to pass under the provisions of this Ordinance.
3.3.3. To authorize such variance from the terms of this Ordinance as will not be contrary to the public interest, where owing to special conditions a literal enforcement of the provisions of this Ordinance will result in unnecessary hardship, providing the hardship was not self-imposed; provided, that the spirit of this Ordinance shall be observed and substantial justice done. Before any variance may be authorized, however, it shall be shown that all the following conditions exist:
3.3.3.1. Literal enforcement of the Land Use Ordinance would cause an unreasonable hardship for the applicant that is not necessary to carry out the general purpose of the Land Use Ordinance.
3.3.3.2. There are special circumstances attached to the property that do not generally apply to other properties in the same district.
3.3.3.3. Granting the variance is essential to the enjoyment of a substantial property right possessed by other property owners in the same district.
3.3.3.4. The variance will not substantially affect the general plan and will not be contrary to the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Leeds.
3.3.3.5. The spirit of the Land Use Ordinance is observed and substantial justice done.
3.3.3.6. In determining whether or not enforcement of the land use ordinance would cause unreasonable hardship under State Code section 10-9a-702(2)(a), the appeal authority may not find an unreasonable hardship unless the alleged hardship: (a) is located on or associated with the property for which the variance is sought; and (b) comes from circumstances peculiar to the property, not from conditions that are general to the neighborhood.