The following persons have standing in a quasi-judicial proceeding.
(A) Any person possessing any of the following criteria:
(1) An ownership interest in the property that is the subject of the decision being appealed, a leasehold interest in the property that is the subject of the decision being appealed, or an interest created by easement, restriction, or covenant in the property that is the subject of the decision being appealed.
(2) An option or contract to purchase the property that is the subject of the decision being appealed.
(3) An applicant before the decision-making board whose decision is being appealed.
(B) Any other person who will suffer special damages as the result of the decision being appealed.
(C) An incorporated or unincorporated association to which owners or lessees of property in a designated area belong by virtue of their owning or leasing property in that area, or an association otherwise organized to protect and foster the interest of the particular neighborhood or local area, so long as at least one of the members of the association would have standing as an individual to challenge the decision being appealed, and the association was not created in response to the particular development or issue that is the subject of the appeal.
(D) Village Council when a decision-making board has made a decision that Council believes improperly grants a variance from or is otherwise inconsistent with the proper interpretation of a development regulation adopted by the governing board.
(Ord. 21-12, passed 07-27-2021)