(a) The Board shall have jurisdiction:
(1) To hear and decide appeals from the refusal of building permits by the Building Inspector or other officers, to permit exceptions to and variations from the district regulations, and to administer the regulations as specified therein.
(2) To hear like appeals on matters relating to the Building Code when authority is given to the Board by the Council, but in such case, its power to dispose of the appeal shall be limited to an affirmance or reversal of the action of the Building Inspector.
(3) To hear and decide applications, certified by the Building Inspector, by a person seeking a conditional use.
(4) To hear and decide applications, certified by the Building Inspector, by a person seeking a determination for a similar use.
(5) To hear and to decide applications for variances from the terms of this Zoning Code, certified by the Building Inspector, in the following cases: when, owing to special conditions, a literal enforcement of this Code would result in practical difficulty, or, in the case of a use variance, a literal enforcement of this Code would result in unnecessary hardship.
(6) To hear and decide applications, certified by the Building Inspector, by a person seeking to replace a lawful nonconforming use with another non-conforming use.
(7) To hear and decide any matter specifically referred to it by any section of this chapter.
(b) All such jurisdictions shall be exercised in the manner and under the conditions herein established.
(Ord. 73-94. Passed 10-4-94.)