The Fauquier County Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA), as established by the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors, is charged with hearing all variance applications, deciding applications for interpretation of zoning district maps where there is uncertainty as to district boundary location, and deciding appeals of Zoning Administrator determinations, with the authority to uphold or overturn such decisions. The five members of the BZA are appointed by the Fauquier County Circuit Court to five-year terms. Unlike members of the Board of Supervisors and the Planning Commission, the BZA members do not represent Magisterial Districts.