Opinion ID: 2385626
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Heading: Conditions Personal to the NBCDI

Text: The first and third conditions imposed by the BZA, however, limit the use variance to the NBCDI and provide for termination of the variance upon transfer of title. The BZA argues that the limitations are necessary to preserve the integrity of the zoning plan. Authorities generally disfavor personal conditions; rather, conditions, like the variance itself, must run with the land. Dexter v. Town Board of Town of Gates, 36 N.Y.2d 102, 104, 365 N.Y.S.2d 506, 508, 324 N.E.2d 870, 871 (1975); Vlahos Realty Co. v. Little Boar's Head District, 146 A.2d 257, 260 (N.H. 1958); see also 3 R.M. ANDERSON, AMERICAN LAW OF ZONING 2D § 18.69 (1977); 6 P.J. ROHAN, ZONING AND LAND USE CONTROL § 43.03[2] (1984). We adopt this position. Personal conditions impermissibly regulate the business conduct of the owner, rather than the use of his property, and are unlawful per se. [9] We reserve judgment, however, regarding generic conditions, such as might limit the variance granted here and its transfer to the NBCDI or any similarly situated nonprofit organization. The conditions would thus be structured to run with the land, requiring any future occupant to show that it fits within the genre. On remand, should the BZA decide to impose such generic conditions, it must hear evidence from the NBCDI regarding the impact upon it of those conditions and must weigh that evidence in making its determination. See Monaco, supra, 407 A.2d at 1101; accord Allentuck v. District of Columbia Minimum Wage and Industrial Safety Board, 261 A.2d 826, 832-33 (D.C. 1969) (record must reveal sufficient basic findings and a reasoned application of these findings to agency policy and the law).