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FY 26
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Program Description

  Zoning Related Hearings and Administrative Appeals

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Program Contacts

Contact Barbara Jay of the Board of Appeals at 240-777-6604 or Hamza Ahmed of the Office of Management and Budget at 240-777-2783 for more information regarding this department's operating budget.

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Program Performance Measures

Program Performance MeasuresActual FY23Actual FY24Estimated FY25Target FY26Target FY27
Number of administrative actions taken 58685858585
Number of variances decided 25244444444
Average days to issue written administrative appeals decisions (within 45 days of close of record unless extended) 12519191919
Average days to issue conditional use decision (must issue within 30 days of voting on the matter unless extended)1518181818
Average days to issue variance decision (within 30 days of close of record unless extended) 31111111111
Number of administrative appeals decided119999
Number of Circuit Court appeals processed45555
Number of conditional use cases decided 423333
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1  Board of Appeals Rule 9.1 requires issuance of administrative appeal opinions within 45 days of close of record.
2  The Board continues to see a large number of variances relative to past years.
3  Board of Appeals Rule 9.1 requires issuance of variance opinions within 30 days of close of record.
4  Outyear projections are based on FY24 actuals.
5  Matters considered and/or decided at work sessions include, but are not limited to: preliminary motions in administrative appeals, requests for major modifications (following the issuance of a report and recommendation by the Office of Zoning and Administrative Hearings) and administrative modifications of existing special exceptions, requests for by-right hearings, requests for oral argument regarding appeals of conditional use decisions, requests for the revocation of special exceptions, requests for the reconsideration of earlier Board decisions, requests for show cause hearings, complaints regarding the operation of special exceptions, inspection reports from the Department of Permitting Services and the Department of Housing and Community Affairs regarding such complaints, and the submission of documents fulfilling various Board-imposed reporting requirements.
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Program Budget Changes

FY26 Recommended ChangesExpendituresFTEs
FY25 Approved$588,6423
Increase Cost: Board Member Stipend Adjustments$1,7520
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.$17,9400
FY26 Recommended$608,3343