Kill Devil Hills, NC · Dare County

No notary required

Variance Application

Property owners and applicants use this application to ask the Kill Devil Hills Board of Adjustment for relief from a provision of the town zoning ordinance.

What this form is

The application requests a variance from the Kill Devil Hills Zoning Ordinance and asks applicants to explain the hardship and property conditions supporting their request. The town requires a completed application, a typed property description or qualifying recorded deed, Dare County Tax Records showing adjacent property owners, and the nonrefundable application fee. It also asks for applicant, owner, property, zoning, and variance details and statements of fact.

Who needs it

Applicants seeking an exception to the Kill Devil Hills Zoning Ordinance must submit this application with the required property information, attachments, and fee.

How to submit it

Submit the application and required materials to the Planning and Inspections Department, 102 Town Hall Drive, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948. The application lists a nonrefundable $500 fee.

About notarization

This document is signed without a notary; the applicant signs and dates the certification, and no notarized or sworn attachment is listed.

How to submit this form

  1. 1

    Download The Application

    Download the Kill Devil Hills Variance Application PDF.

  2. 2

    Complete The Application

    Provide applicant, owner, property, zoning, and variance details, and complete the requested statements of fact.

  3. 3

    Gather Required Attachments

    Include a typed property description or qualifying recorded deed and a Dare County Tax Records printout listing adjacent property owners.

  4. 4

    Submit To The Town

    Submit the application and required materials to the Planning and Inspections Department at 102 Town Hall Drive with the listed $500 fee.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a notary for the Variance Application?
No. This application is signed and dated by the applicant without a notary, and it lists no notarized or sworn attachment.
How do I submit the Variance Application?
Submit the completed application and required materials to the Planning and Inspections Department at 102 Town Hall Drive, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948. The listed nonrefundable fee is $500.
What attachments are required with the application?
Include a typed metes and bounds property description or qualifying recorded deed, a Dare County Tax Records printout with adjacent property owners’ names and addresses, and the application fee.
What does the Variance Application ask applicants to explain?
It asks applicants to describe the requested variance and provide facts about hardship, property-specific conditions, the cause of the hardship, and consistency with the ordinance’s purpose.

Need something notarized?

This Variance Application doesn’t need a notary — but if you have another Kill Devil Hills form that does, a commissioned online notary can help.