If compliance with any of the requirements of this chapter would
result in an exceptional hardship to a prospective builder, developer
or landowner, the Borough may, upon request, grant relief from the
strict application of the requirements.
Except for a possible modification of the one-and-one-half-foot freeboard requirement involved, no variance shall be granted for any of the other requirements pertaining specifically to development regulated by Article V, Activities Prohibited, or to § 124-22, Development which may endanger human life.
No variance shall be granted for any construction, development, use,
or activity within any floodway area that would cause any increase
in the base flood elevation.
In granting any variance, the Borough shall attach whatever reasonable
conditions and safeguards it considers necessary in order to protect
the public health, safety, and welfare and to achieve the objectives
of this chapter.
A complete record of all variance requests and related actions shall
be maintained by the Borough. In addition, a report of all variances
granted during the year shall be included in the annual report to
the Federal Emergency Management Agency.