Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. good faith requirement
The property interest for which the variance is being requested was acquired in good faith and any hardship was not created by the applicant for the variance.
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. no alternative remedy
The relief or remedy sought by the variance application is not available through a special exception process that is authorized in this chapter pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2309(6) or the process for modification of a zoning ordinance pursuant to Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2286(A)(4) at the time of the filing of the variance application.
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. no detriment requirement
The granting of the variance will not be of substantial detriment to adjacent property and nearby properties in the proximity of that geographical area.
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. no use change
The granting of the variance does not result in a use that is not otherwise permitted on such property or a change in the zoning classification of the property.
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. not general condition
The condition or situation of the property concerned is not of so general or recurring a nature as to make reasonably practical the formulation of a general regulation to be adopted as an amendment to the ordinance.
From the ordinance
A variance shall be granted if the evidence shows that the strict application of the terms of the ordinance would unreasonably restrict the utilization of the property or that the granting of the variance would alleviate a hardship due to a physical condition relating to the property or improvements thereon at the time of the effective date of the ordinance, and: ...