The Board of Zoning Appeals shall have the powers
and duties provided for in § 15.2-2309, Code of Virginia,
as amended. In accordance with the referenced section it shall have
the power and it shall be its duty to:
A. Hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there
is error in any order, requirement, decision or determination made
by the Zoning Administrator.
B. Grant variances in the regulations when a property
owner can show that his property was acquired in good faith and where
by reason of the exceptional narrowness, shallowness, or shape of
a specific piece of property at the time of the effective date of
this chapter or where by reason of the exceptional topographical conditions
or other extraordinary or exceptional situation the strict application
of the terms of this chapter would actually prohibit or unreasonably
restrict the use of the property, or where the Board is satisfied,
upon the evidence heard by it, that the granting of such variation
will alleviate a clearly demonstrable hardship approaching confiscation
as distinguished from a special privilege or convenience sought by
the owner.