A. 
Unusual site conditions or other design factors may warrant authorizing the installation of signs not otherwise permitted by these sign regulations. An application to request a variance from the standards established by these regulations shall include the reasons why a variance is requested and why it should be granted under the standards outlined in § 530-24. The application shall be reviewed by the Board of Adjustment at a public hearing to determine whether a variance shall be granted.
B. 
Even if a variance is granted, the applicant shall be required to submit a sign permit application pursuant to the provisions of this chapter to ensure compliance with all other requirements for which a variance was not sought or granted. The sign permit application may be submitted for review concurrently with the variance application or it may be submitted after an application for a variance has been submitted for review.
Granting a variance from the sign regulations shall be based on a finding that the variance will not be contrary to the intent of this chapter where, owing to special conditions, a literal enforcement of the provisions of this chapter would result in exceptional practical difficulties. Additionally, the approval of a variance shall be granted based on one or more of the following:
A. 
That there are exceptional or unusual circumstances applicable to the property involved which do not apply generally to properties in the vicinity with the same zoning, such as, but not limited to:
(1) 
The presence of a legal, nonconforming use;
(2) 
Visual obstructions;
(3) 
Unusual building location on site;
(4) 
Unusual building design, architectural style, or historic significance; and/or
(5) 
The dimensions, street frontage, and area of the lot or parcel.
B. 
The sign for which a variance is requested is a nonconforming sign that acts as a neighborhood landmark or focal point while not disrupting views of prominent community landscape features. When granting a variance, the Board of Adjustment shall require that as many nonconforming elements of the sign as possible be eliminated while allowing its basic form and character to remain.
C. 
The variance is consistent with the intent and purpose of this chapter and will not constitute a grant of special privilege or entitlement inconsistent with the limitations applied to other properties in the vicinity with the same zoning.
D. 
The variance fosters superior design, will not result in visual clutter, and is consistent with the intent and purpose of these Sign Regulations.