Title 17 LAND USE
Chapter 17.140 APPEALS
17.140.160 Standards on appeals for variances.
Before granting an appeal for a variance, the Zoning Board of
Appeals shall find, based upon the evidence and testimony, that the following
conditions exist:
A. The variance, if granted, will permit only those uses listed as
a use permitted in the zone district in which the parcel is located;
B. The parcel for which the variance appeal is made suffers unique
or singular disadvantages such as, but not limited to, size, shape, topography,
location or surroundings not shared by other parcels in the neighborhood;
C. The variance will not grant privileges inconsistent with
limitations shared by other parcels in the zone district;
D. The variance will not have an injurious affect on the existing
or future use of adjacent parcels;
E. The variance will not injure or adversely alter the general
character of the neighborhood in which the variance is sought;
F. The variance appeal is in harmony with the intent, purpose and
spirit of this Chapter.