§ 12.6. Administrative variances.

The director of community development and general services department shall have the power to grant administrative variances (except for density and use variances) from the development standards of this ordinance, where, the intent of the ordinance can be achieved and equal performance obtained by granting a variance. The authority to grant such variances shall be limited to the following:

1.

Front yard or yard adjacent to public street — Variance not to exceed ten feet.

2

Side yard — Variance not to exceed five feet.

3.

Rear yard — Variance not to exceed five feet.

4.

Height of building — Variance not to exceed five feet.

5.

Distance between buildings on the same lot — Variance not to exceed five feet.

6.

Parking — Not to exceed ten percent of that required. Handicapped parking is excluded.

7.

Buffer — May reduce by 25 percent where the intent of the required buffer can be equally or otherwise achieved; if buffer is not a condition of zoning.

(Ord. of 4-28-2008)