(A) Variance requests. A property owner may request a variance from the standards as specified in this chapter pursuant to § 151.241 of the City of Park Rapids Zoning Ordinance and the following 2 conditions:
(1) Any violation of the terms and conditions of a variance issued pursuant to this chapter, or any violation of any provision of this chapter relating to the specific issue of the variance, shall result in immediate revocation of the variance.
(2) Any variance granted shall automatically expire if the SSTS is not installed within 1 year of the date of the variance approval.
(B) Board of Adjustment. The Board of Adjustment shall have the authority only to consider variances to horizontal setbacks from property lines, rights of way, structures, or buildings and other standards and criteria per Minnesota Rules, Chapter 7082.0300 Subd. 3. Variances shall only be permitted when they are in harmony with the general purposes and intent of this chapter where there are practical difficulties in meeting the strict letter of this chapter. Variance requests to deviate from the design flow determination procedures in Minnesota Rules, Chapter 7081.0110 if the deviation reduces the average daily estimated flow from greater than 10,000 gallons per day to less than 10,000 gallons per day, or to provisions in Minnesota Rules, Chapter 7080.2150, Subd. 2 and 7081.0080, Subd. 2 through 5 regarding the vertical separation required beneath the treatment and dispersal soil system and saturated soil or bedrock from the required 3 feet of unsaturated soil material (except as provided in Minnesota Rules, Chapter 7082.1700, Subd. 4D) must be approved by MPCA. Variances to wells and water supply lines must be approved by the Minnesota Department of Health.
(Ord. 555, passed 7-28-2015)