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<br />. <br /> <br />OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT either to overturn the zoning administrator's decision or to request a <br />variance to the zoning ordinance's requirement. <br /> <br />As with variances and conditional use permits, supermajority votes are required to overturn a <br />zoning administrator's decision in Missouri. <br /> <br />Court Appeals <br />Unsuccessful applicants for re-zonings, variances, conditional use permits and zoning <br />administrator appeals can take their cases to a court. <br /> <br />However, courts are very reluctant to second-guess city councils and boards of zoning <br />adjustment and the scope of judicial review of zoning decisions is narrow. Therefore, the <br />property owner who sees the city council or BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT process as <br />essentially political with the notion of hiring a lawyer and going to court if unsuccessful will be <br />sorely disappointed. <br /> <br />Courts review a city council or BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT decision, without taking new <br />evidence or re-trying the case, and act only in extraordinary situations. <br /> <br />Courts view local re-zoning decisions as "legislative" and will interfere only if a city council has <br />acted unlawfully or arbitrarily. If the result is "fairly debatable," a court won't touch it. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />