Don't Use a Variance to Save a Broken Plan #shorts

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]A variance is a small surgical exception to a rule, [music] like a setback, a height limit, or a parking ratio. It does not change your zoning. It doesn't erase wetlands. It doesn't solve traffic, and it doesn't magically create sewer [music] capacity. So, the sequence is make the project work under the real constraints first, and then use variances to clean up the edges, not as a bailout for a broken plan.