Lancaster County Unincorporated, Virginia · General provision
Article 14-2
Extracted standards
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No such variance shall be authorized by the board unless it finds: (a) That the strict application of this ordinance would produce undue hardship; (b) That such hardship is not shared generally by other properties in the same zoning district and the same vicinity; and (c) That the authorization of such variance will not be of substantial detriment to adjacent property and that the character of the district will not be changed by the granting of the variance.
From the ordinance
To authorize upon appeal in specific cases such variance from the terms of this ordinance as will not be contrary to the public interest, when, owing to special conditions, a literal enforcement of the provisions will result in unnecessary hardship...