If compliance with any of the requirements of this chapter would
result in an exceptional hardship to a prospective builder, developer
or landowner, Jackson Township may, upon request, grant relief from
the strict application of the requirements.
Requests for variances shall be considered by Jackson Township Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with the procedures contained in § 69-17 and the following:
No variance shall be granted within any identified floodplain area that would cause any increase in BFE. In an A Area/District, BFEs are determined using the methodology in § 69-19C.
Except for a possible modification of the regulatory flood elevation requirement involved, no variance shall be granted for any of the other requirements pertaining specifically to development regulated by special permit (or prohibited activities) (Article VI) or to development which may endanger human life (§ 69-26).
In granting any variance, the Jackson Township Zoning Hearing Board
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 Jackson Township. In addition, a report of all variances
granted during the year shall be included in the annual report to
the FEMA.
Notwithstanding any of the above, however, all structures shall be
designed and constructed so as to have the capability of resisting
the one-percent-annual-chance flood.