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EXHIBIT A <br />SubpartBLANDUSEREGULATIONS <br />Chapter106ZONING <br />ARTICLEII.ADMINISTRATION <br />DIVISION6.SPECIALEXCEPTIONSANDVARIANCES <br />\[5\] <br />DIVISION 6. SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AND VARIANCES <br />Sec. 106-191. Special exceptions. <br />Sec. 106-192. Variance. <br />Sec. 106-193. Additional conditions. <br />Sec. 106-194. Notice of public hearings before the board of adjustment. <br />Sec. 106-195. Vote necessary for decision of board of adjustment. <br />Sec. 106-196. Appeals from the board of adjustment. <br />Sec. 106-197. Revocation or modification. <br />Sec. 106-198. Reapplication. <br />Sec. 106-199. Validity. <br />Secs. 106-200Ï106-215. Reserved. <br />Sec. 106-191. Special exceptions. <br />(a) Application for special exceptions. All applications for special exception to the terms of this chapter <br />shall be in writing and shall specify the facts involved, the relief desired, and the grounds therefor. <br />Each such application shall be filed, along with the appropriate fees, with the enforcement officer <br />who after investigation shall transmit such application together with his report to the board of <br />adjustment within ten days after the filing of the application with the enforcement officer. <br />(b) Special exceptions to be reviewed; finding of facts. The term "special exception" shall mean a <br />deviation from the requirements of this chapter, specifically enumerated herein, which shall be <br />granted only in the following instances, and then only when the board finds that such special <br />exception will not adversely affect the value and use of adjacent or neighboring property or be <br />contrary to the best public interest: <br />(1) To reconstruct, enlarge or extend a building occupied by a nonconforming use on the lot or tract <br />occupied by such building, provided that the reconstruction, extension, or enlargement does not <br />prevent the return of the property to a conforming use. <br />(2) To deviate yard requirements in the following circumstances: <br />a. Any exception from the front yard requirements where the actual front yard setback of any <br />abutting lot does not meet the front yard requirement. <br />b. A rear yard exception where the actual rear yard setback of any four or more lots in the <br />same block does not meet the rear yard requirements of these regulations. <br />c. A yard exception on corner lots. <br />d. An exception where the existing front yard setbacks of the various lots in the same block <br />are not uniform, so that any one of the existing front yard setbacks shall, for buildings <br />hereafter constructed or extended, be the required minimum front yard depth. <br />LaPorte,Texas,CodeofOrdinancesPage35 <br /> <br />