Friday, May 13, 2011

Local builders breath a sigh of relief...variances are back.

Some six months ago the MN Supreme Court changed land use decisions for cities by narrowly construing the ability of a city to offer a "variance" for a technically non-conforming building.  This was a huge blow especially to the remodel/renovation industry as virtually all of those projects require a variance for the job to proceed.

So, no surprise that this was a hot item before the legislature during this session. And, the result--the opinion of the Supreme Court was changed by legislative action.  Good news, I think, especially in an economy where I think more people are likely to renovate to build new...and shouldn't we be promoting that, anyway?

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