The enforcement agency shall have the power under the following specified conditions to grant a variance from any provision of the standards referenced above and to prescribe alternative requirements in their place:
(A) Special circumstances. There must be a specific case, a special circumstance where practical difficulties or unnecessary hardship would result from the strict interpretation and enforcement of any standard; and
(B) Intent of ordinance not compromised. The granting of such a variance is consistent with the purpose of this article.
(1966 Code, § 17C-11) (Ord. 779, § 1(part))