# Land Use (GLU)

## Title 4. Zoning

### Subtitle 2. Designation and Adoption

#### Section 4-206

(a) By local law, a legislative body may specify in a zoning law the allowable modifications that may be made by a variance.

(b) The modifications in a variance:

  (1) may be only of density, bulk, dimensional, or area requirements of the zoning law;

  (2) may be only allowed where, owing to conditions peculiar to the property and not because of any action taken by the applicant, a literal enforcement of the zoning law would result in unnecessary hardship or practical difficulty as specified in the zoning law; and

  (3) may not be contrary to the public interest.

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Md. Code Ann., Land Use (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)