The Windham Township Board of Trustees held discussions about making significant changes to the variance fee policy at their meeting on Monday evening at Windham Township Hall.
Board of Zoning Appeals Chairwoman Becky Phillips presented the Board with a letter on behalf of the BZA, outlining the BZA’s concerns about the Township absorbing the entire financial cost for variance fees.
“Do you guys realize at bare minimum you are looking at $479 in cost to the Township for variances?” she asked the Board. “Bare minimum we are going to have two meetings with five members, there is $100 just for each meeting and then $35 to advertise in the paper and then $11 per certified letter and a minimum of four letters potentially, there could be more. That is approximately what the Township is saying that they are willing to absorb on a variance.”…