Whenever application is made for a permit to construct or alter a building or structure in the City and the Director of Buildings finds that the proposed building or structure is of such a design, material, location or intended use that it will result in a substantial impairment or destruction of value in neighboring real estate owned by inhabitants of the City and that the use of the particular design, material or location proposed, or a substantially similar one, is not reasonably essential to the development of the property proposed to be built on or altered, the Director of Buildings shall refuse to issue the permit and he or she shall immediately notify the applicant of such refusal and the reason therefor. The applicant may appeal from the decision of the Director of Buildings to the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(Ord. 1978-17. Passed 6-12-78; Ord. 1990-18. Passed 4-23-90.)