Variances from the regulations of this Zoning Code shall not be granted unless the Board of Zoning Appeals makes specific findings of fact, based directly on the particular evidence presented to it, that support conclusions that the standards and conditions imposed in Section 1244.04(b) and (c) (if applicable) have been met by the applicant. Variances may be granted for the following reasons:
(a) To permit any yard and/or setback less than required by this Zoning Code.
(b) To permit the use of a lot for a use otherwise prohibited solely because of the insufficient area and/or width of the lot. Generally, the respective area and width of the lot should not be less than eighty percent of the required area and/or width.
(c) To permit the same off-street parking facility to qualify as required facilities for two or more uses, provided that substantial use of such facility by each user does not take place at approximately the same hours of the same days of the week.
(d) To reduce the applicable off-street parking or loading space required. Generally, either space should not be reduced by more than thirty percent of the required space.
(e) To allow for the deferment of required parking facilities for a reasonable period of time, such period of time to be specified in the variance.
(f) To increase the maximum distance that required parking spaces are permitted to be located from the use served, but generally by not more than forty percent.
(g) To increase the maximum allowable size, height or area of signs on a lot, but generally by not more than twenty-five percent.
(h) To increase the maximum lot coverage of any use, but generally by not more than twenty-five percent.
(Ord. 186-91. Passed 10-15-92.)