special use permit
special-use permit. A zoning board’s authorization to use property in a way that is identified as a special exception in a zoning ordinance. • Unlike a variance, which is an authorized violation of a zoning ordinance, a special-use permit is a permitted exception. — Abbr. SUP. — Also termed conditional-use permit; special permit. See SPECIAL EXCEPTION(2). Cf. VARIANCE(2). [Cases: Zoning and Planning 371, 483. C.J.S. Zoning and Land Planning §§ 191, 199, 203, 229–231.]