If compliance with any of the requirements of this chapter would
result in an exceptional hardship to a prospective builder, developer
or landowner, the Township may, upon request, grant relief from the
strict application of the requirements.
No variance shall be granted within any identified floodplain area that would cause any increase in BFE. In A Area/District, BFEs are determined using the methodology in § 235-19C.
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 Article V or to § 235-26, Development which may endanger human life.
In granting any variance, the 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 the Zoning Hearing Board. 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.