Opinion ID: 4650005
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: standard of review

Text: [1,2] A district court may disturb a decision of a board of adjustment if the decision was illegal or is not supported by the evidence and is thus arbitrary, unreasonable, or clearly wrong. 1 In deciding whether a board’s decision is supported by the evidence, the district court shall consider any additional evidence it receives. 2 [3,4] In appeals involving a decision of a board of adjustment, an appellate court reviews the decision of the district court, and irrespective of whether the district court took additional evidence, the appellate court is to decide if, in reviewing a decision of a board of adjustment, the district court abused its discretion or made an error of law. 3 Where competent evidence supports the district court’s factual findings, an appellate court will not substitute its factual findings for those of the district court. 4