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Structural Variance Request

Variances

A variance is an exception granted by the HVMA to the unit owner and immediate neighbors. Therefore, no variance request should violate the rights of any unit owner currently living in the area, and may be granted only if the adjoining neighbors have knowledge of it and are agreeable to the request.

The forms, when filled out and checked by the Condo Maintenance Representative, are filed with the Resident Service Center. Condo Maintenance Representatives are responsible for all requirements to be met on these variance forms.

If the variance involves the building structure and the variance is not controversial, the Village Manager will authorize the variance. You will be required to arrange for an outside contractor to do the job.

If the variance is without clear precedent or is potentially controversial, the Buildings Committee must approve the change, and the Executive Committee must ratify it.

If the variance is to be on common or limited common property, the appropriate Committee must approve the request before the Manager can issue the variance. The unit owner will be advised of any underground utility lines in the area of the variance and it becomes, then, the responsibility of the owner or his agents to avoid them.

Appeals

Should a variance request be rejected, you may appeal to your Condo Board. If you obtain this Board's support, the Condo Trustee will be instructed to raise the issue with the HVMA Executive Committee, whose decision on the matter will be final.

Compliance  

Unit owners are responsible for the installation and construction of approved changes and for subsequent maintenance. They are also responsible for seeing to it that the changes are made in compliance with the plans approved. If the changes differ from what was approved, the Board of Trustees can demand compliance, and if that is not accomplished within 30 days, the Board of Trustees can authorize the Manager to make the necessary corrections and bill the owner for it.