(A) The Common Council, upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission, shall have the power to grant exceptions in special cases where there are unusual and practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships created in meeting the requirements of this subchapter.
(B) The guidelines to be used in determining whether a variance should be granted are as follows:
(1) That the hardships or difficulties of meeting the requirements of this subchapter are peculiar to that property and not general in character; and
(2) Financial hardship due to meeting the requirements of this subchapter is not sufficient to show unnecessary hardship, unless the financial difficulties amount to confiscation of property.
(Prior Code, § 19-106) (Ord. 698, passed 3-18-1991)