(A) Information required at the time of application (one copy of each):
(1) Completed application and fees;
(2) Proof of ownership (title policy) and/or owner’s written authorization;
(3) Construction schedule; and
(4) Description of the variance request and a statement explaining how it meets the findings of hardship and burden.
(B) Information required directly on plans (ten copies of each to be submitted with application - sheet size shall be no less than eight and one-half inches by 11 inches and no more than 30 inches by 36 inches):
(1) North arrow, date of plan, date of revision, legend and engineer scale, one inch equals 200 feet or larger;
(2) Name of project;
(3) Vicinity map showing one-half mile radius;
(4) Address of project;
(5) Legal description;
(6) Name, address and phone number of owner;
(7) Zoning on and adjacent to site;
(8) Name, address and phone number of person or firm responsible for plan;
(9) Lot size;
(10) Names and dimensions of adjacent streets;
(11) Existing/proposed rights-of-way in and adjacent;
(12) Existing/proposed easements in and adjacent;
(13) Existing/proposed utility lines (including fire hydrants) and sizes in and adjacent;
(14) Existing/proposed curb cuts, paved areas, parking areas and sidewalks;
(15) Existing/proposed waterways and ditches in or adjacent to site;
(16) Topography acceptable to the City Planner;
(17) Existing/proposed floodplain lines in and adjacent;
(18) A statement: all, part or none of the property is in the floodplain;
(19) Existing/proposed structures and their uses, with dimensions and distances from platted property lines; and
(20) Number of employees for non-residential uses and required parking spaces.
(C) Findings for variance requests:
(1) Strict enforcement of the Zoning Code results in practical difficulty or unnecessary physical hardship inconsistent with the objective of the code;
(2) Circumstances or conditions of the property that do not apply generally to other parcels in the same zoning district;
(3) Strict enforcement of the Zoning Code deprives the applicant of privileges enjoyed by the owners of other properties in the same zone;
(4) Granting the variance does not constitute special privilege inconsistent with other properties in the same zone;
(5) Granting the variance is not detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare and is not materially injurious to properties on the vicinity;
(6) In regard to signs, the granting of the variance will not detract from the attractiveness or orderliness of the surrounding neighborhood; and
(7) In regard to parking, present nor future traffic generated by uses of sites in the vicinity will not interfere with the free flow of traffic on the streets.
(Prior Code, § 10-3.11)