§ 17.11.700. General.

(A)

The Department of Planning and Zoning shall have the power to consider and authorize or deny variances from the strict application of the requirements of this chapter. A variance shall be approved only if it is determined to not be contrary to the public interest and where, owing to special conditions of the lot or parcel, a literal enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, an unnecessary hardship would result.

(B)

Upon consideration of the purposes of this chapter, the individual circumstances, and the considerations and limitations of this section, the Department of Planning and Zoning may attach such conditions to variances as it deems necessary to further the purposes of this chapter.

(C)

The Department of Planning and Zoning shall notify, in writing, any applicant to whom a variance is granted to construct or substantially improve a building or structure with its lowest floor below the elevation required by this chapter that the variance is to the floodplain management requirements of this chapter only, and that the cost of Federal Flood Insurance will be commensurate with the increased risk, with rates up to twenty-five dollars per one hundred dollars of insurance coverage.

(D)

A record of all variance actions, including justification for issuance shall be maintained pursuant to Section 17.11.310(K) of this chapter.

(E)

Notice of the flood hazard and approved variance action shall be placed on the deed or other documents which convey title of all newly created or recorded properties.

(Ord. No. O-24-12, § I, 7-23-2012; Ord. No. O-12-16 Amended, § I, 5-23-2016)