special permit

Granted exemption document

A special permit is official authorization to do something not normally allowed under standard rules or regulations.

Zoning boards issue special permits for land uses that require individual review: The restaurant needed a special permit to add outdoor seating.

The term appears in contexts from building codes to fishing to importing restricted goods—anywhere an exception requires formal approval.

Opposites
authorization status

special permitprohibition

Authoritative legal ban

denial · ban · rejection · refusal · restriction

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