Gilmartin v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment

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• \prior knowledge or self-imposition of the difficulty ... [is] but one of the many factors that BZA [may] consider in reaching its decision\
• \[B]ecause of the nature of the respective types of variances and their effects on the zone plan the higher 'undue hardship' standard applies to requests for use variances while the lower 'practical difficulty' standard applies to area variances.\
• “[B]ecause of the nature of the respective types of variances and their effects on the zone plan, the higher ‘undue hardship’ standard applies to requests for use variances while the lower ‘practical difficulty’ standard applies to area variances.”

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