The Board of Appeals shall make an affirmative
decision on a variance request only upon:
A. A showing of good and sufficient cause. Good and sufficient cause
deals solely with the physical characteristics of the property and
cannot be based on the character of the improvement, the personal
characteristics of the owner/inhabitants, or local provision that
regulate standards other than health and public safety.
C. A determination that failure to grant the variance would result in exceptional hardship due to the physical characteristics
of the property. Increased cost or inconvenience of meeting the requirements
of these regulations does not constitute an exceptional hardship to
the applicant.
D. A determination that the granting of a variance for development within any designated floodway, or flood hazard area with base flood elevations but no designated floodway, will not result in
increased flood heights beyond that which is allowed
in these regulations.
E. A determination that the granting of a variance will
not result in additional threats to public safety; extraordinary public
expense, nuisances, fraud or victimization of the public, or conflict
with existing local laws.
F. A determination that the building, structure or
other development is protected by methods to minimize flood damages.
G. A determination that the variance is the minimum
necessary to afford relief, considering the flood hazard.