The standards and requirements of these regulations may be modified or varied by the council, where the enforcement of the rules will result in extraordinary individual hardship; provided, that the public interest is served and consistency is maintained. The applicant must specifically state the extraordinary hardship caused by the regulations and prove said variance will not cause an adverse effect to consistency of addressing throughout the city. In granting any such variance or modification, the council may impose any conditions necessary, in order to secure substantial compliance with the general principles of this chapter. (Ord. 218, 8-8-2007)