Any restriction or provision of this chapter may be varied only by application with the Supervisor of Zoning and approval of a variance by the City Council. The Council shall act on an application for variance at a regular or special meeting within 30 days from the date of presentation to the Council, except where additional information is required, then the Council shall render a written decision within 30 days from receipt of the additional information.
(A) In any particular case where the subdivider can show that, by reason of exceptional topographic or other physical conditions, strict compliance with any requirement of these regulations would cause practical difficulty or exceptional and undue hardship, the City Council may relax the requirements to the extent deemed just and proper, so as to relieve the difficulty or hardship; provided, the relief may be granted without detriment to the public good and without impairing the intended purpose of these regulations or the desirable general development of the neighborhood and the community in accordance with Chapter 154 of this code of ordinances.
(B) No variance shall be granted unless it is approved by a three-fifths majority vote in favor thereof by the City Council.
(Ord. 61.12, passed 6-8-1987)