A bill for an act concerning county and city regulation of real property and the powers granted to a board of adjustment.

This bill expands the power of county and city boards of adjustment to grant exceptions, called variances, from local property regulations. It directly affects property owners seeking to make beneficial use of their land or buildings. The bill allows boards to grant variances for "practical difficulties" related to area, dimensional, or other numerical limitations, such as minimum lot size, setbacks, building height, or parking requirements. To qualify, a property owner must prove their difficulties are unique to the property, not self-created, and that the variance will not significantly change the surrounding neighborhood.