O'Brien v. Board of Zoning Adjustments for the New Orleans

JOY COSSICH LOBRANO, Judge.

I,Mary Patricia O’Brien, (“O’Brien”), challenges a decision by the City of New Orleans Board of Zoning Adjustments, (“BZA”), which granted a zoning variance to her neighbor, Matthew Osborne (“Osborne”), allowing him to reconstruct a double dwelling on a lot,that is 500-square feet undersized for a two-family home under current zoning guidelines. The BZA found that Osborne had met the applicable requirements for the grant of the variance, and the district court found that the BZA was not arbitrary or capricious in making this finding. For the reasons which follow, we…