The specific powers and duties of the Board of Zoning Appeals are intended to assist in carrying out the purpose of this Zoning Code. In exercising its authority to grant variances or approve exceptions to this Zoning Code in individual cases which may be subject to unusual hardship, the Board shall be guided by the following policies:
(a) Every property owner shall be permitted to enjoy some reasonable use of his land.
(b) A variance shall not be granted where the unusual hardship for which the variance is sought has been created by the appellant or as a corrective measure where a violation of this Zoning Code has occurred.
(c) The intent and purpose of this Zoning Code shall be adhered to in all decisions on matters coming before the Board, and the variance, if authorized, will represent the minimum variance that will afford relief and the least modification possible of the regulation in issue.
(d) Decisions of the Board may not assume legislative authority by having the effect of changing the meaning of the text of this Zoning Code or of changing the Zoning Map.
(e) A lack of opportunity to obtain the maximum profit from the sale of property does not itself constitute grounds for relief by action of the Board.
(f) Personal relationships in the use and ownership of property are of relatively brief duration and do not belong in considerations of long-term improvement of and protection to the community.
(g) In granting any variance, the Board may attach such reasonable conditions and safeguards as it may deem necessary to implement the purposes of this chapter and this Zoning Code. (Ord. 2011-70. Passed 10-11-11.)