The Board of Building and Zoning Appeals of the City may grant a variance to these regulations where the owner or his appointed representative can show that a hardship exists whereby compliance with these regulations is not appropriate, based upon the following:
(a) That exceptional topographic or other physical conditions exist which are peculiar to the particular parcel of land;
(b) That the peculiar condition in subsection (a) hereof did not result from previous actions by the owner;
Adverse economic conditions shall not be considered as a valid reason or a hardship for a variance request to be granted. No variances shall be granted where activities occur that will defeat the purposes of regulations.
The request for a variance shall be submitted to the Board of Building and Zoning Appeals with a copy to the Director of Engineering and shall state the specific variances sought and include sufficient data to justify the granting of a variance.
(Ord. 1987-187. Passed 2-18-88; Ord. 2020-149. Passed 2-18-21.)