Generally, the granting of any variance shall be in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the zoning ordinance and will not be injurious to the neighborhood, detrimental to the public welfare, or be in conflict with the comprehensive plan for development. The following are considered by the Planning Commission and Board of Adjustment for the determination of the approval or denial of a variance:
A. If the physical surroundings, shape, or topographical conditions of the specific property involved would result in a particular hardship upon the owner, as distinguished from a mere inconvenience, if the strict letter of the ordinance were to be carried out;
B. That granting the variance requested will not confer on the applicant any special privilege that is denied by the zoning ordinance to other lands, structures, or buildings in the same district;
C. That the conditions upon which the application for a variance is based would not be applicable generally to other property within the same zoning classification or other property substantially similar in use;
D. That variances shall not be granted to allow conditional uses, nor uses otherwise excluded from the particular district in which requested;
E. That the granting of the variance will not be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to other people or property in the area in which the property is located, detrimental effects include but are not limited to impairment of an adequate supply of light and air to adjacent property, negative effect to the flow of vehicle and pedestrian traffic in the public streets, increase the danger of fire;
F. That because of circumstances or conditions, there is no possibility that the property can be developed in strict conformity with the provisions of the zoning regulations and that the authorization of a variance is therefore necessary to enable the reasonable use of the property. (Ord. 804, 2018)