Extracted standards
2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Required findings for varianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. approval
1. The variance does not grant or authorize a use or activity that is not otherwise allowed in the zone. 2. There are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships created with the strict application of the code because of the physical circumstances and characteristics of the property that are not shared by other properties in the zone. 3. The variance does not grant special privileges which are not otherwise available to surrounding properties and will not be detrimental to the public welfare or to the property of other persons located adjacent to the subject property and in the vicinity.
- Variances to use provisions prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Variances to use provisions of the Zoning Code are prohibited.
From the ordinance
The following findings are required: 1. The variance does not grant or authorize a use or activity that is not otherwise allowed in the zone. 2. There are practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships created with the strict application of the code because of the physical circumstances and characteristics of the property that are not shared by other properties in the zone. 3. The variance does not grant special privileges which are not otherwise available to surrounding properties and will not be detrimental to the public welfare or to the property of other persons located adjacent to the subject property and in the vicinity.