(a) (1) The Board of Building Code Appeals shall determine all matters properly presented to it and where practical difficulties and unnecessary hardships shall result from the strict compliance with or the enforcement of the provisions of any ordinance for which it is designated as the Board of Appeals, such Board shall have the power to grant variances in harmony with the general intent of such ordinance and to secure the general welfare and substantial justice in the promotion of the public health, comfort, convenience, morals, safety and general welfare of the city. The Board shall also have the power to adopt from time to time such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary to carry into effect the provisions of any ordinance for which it is designated as the Board of Appeals.
(2) The Board shall have no authority to hear appeals from enforcement of the state’s Building Code which the city is precluded from hearing.
(b) Applications for variances shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable fee of $25.
(Ord. 5636, passed 6-1-1965; Ord. 26-91, passed 3-19-1991)