Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- No increase in 100-year flood elevation in floodway
No variance shall be granted for any proposed use, development, or activity within any floodway district that will cause any increase in the one hundred (100)-year flood elevation.
Other
- Appeal deadline30 days
Such appeal shall be taken within thirty (30) days after the decision appealed from by filing with the city manager or his designee, and with the board, a notice of appeal specifying the grounds thereof.
- Hearing decision deadline90 days
The board shall fix a reasonable time for the hearing of an application or appeal, give notice thereof as well as due notice to the parties in interest and decide the same within ninety (90) days.
- HistoricHistoric districtAn area where exterior changes need design review to protect its character. structure varianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. criteria
Variances for repair or rehabilitation of historic structures may be granted upon a determination that the proposed repair or rehabilitation will not preclude the structure's continued designation as a historic structure and the variance is the minimum necessary to preserve the historic character and design of the structure.
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. must be minimum required
Variances shall be issued only after the board of zoning appeals has determined that the variance will be the minimum required to provide relief.
- Special exception reapplication wait1 years
If an application for a special exception is denied by the board, no application shall be considered by the board of zoning appeals within one (1) year of the final action of the board upon a prior application covering any of the same lot, parcel or portion thereof.
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. lot size limit0.5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
While the granting of variances generally is limited to a lot size less than one-half (½) acre, deviations from that limitation may occur.
From the ordinance
Variances shall be issued only upon (i) a showing of good and sufficient cause, (ii) after the board of zoning appeals has determined that failure to grant the variance would result in exceptional hardship to the applicant...