Fields v. Kodiak City Council

OPINION

Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., CONNOR, and BURKE, JJ., and MOODY and COOKE, Superior Court Judges. CONNOR, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Kodiak city council, sitting as a board of adjustment, which denied appellant’s request for a variance from a local zoning ordinance. 1 The superior court ruled that the “clean hands” doctrine precluded appellant from obtaining the relief sought and, alternatively, that the board’s denial was supported by substantial evidence. We disagree, and remand the case so that specific findings of fact may be made by the board of adjustment.

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