A Board of Zoning and Building Appeals is hereby established as provided in Article XI of the City Charter, to assist in the administration of this Zoning Code, particularly to decide and interpret provisions which require impartial adjustments of conflicting interests and to grant variances where the strict letter of this Code causes practical difficulties as defined by the variance standards set forth herein. Such a Board is herein established to achieve among others, the following purposes:
(a) To provide a method for alleviating practical difficulties by allowing a reasonable use for individual parcels of property which, because of unusual or unique circumstances, may be denied a reasonable use by a literal application of the terms of this Code;
(b) To review or appeal any order, requirement, decision or determination made by the Zoning Administrator;
(c) To provide an administrative board, independent from all other Municipal boards or commissions, to act only pursuant to and in accordance with the standards established by the legislative body to hear and decide appeals which are to be tried over again from the beginning (de novo);
(d) To provide that decisions and the granting of variances will sustain the constitutionality of the Code;
(e) To interpret the Zoning Map.
(Ord. 2010-059. Passed 3-7-11.)