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5~.~`I~1~175 ~~-- Gtr-~~"Tl tiffs' ~ Vii ,~ N ~ ~ ~ _ G <br />Subdivision 4. Standards for Granting of Variance. No <br />~'j.(~3 variance shall be granted unless the City Council shall <br />make without qualification on the basis of evidence <br />presented at the meeting the following findings: <br />a. That the granting of the variance will not be <br />detrimental to the public welfare; <br />b. That the granting of the variance will not <br />substantially diminish or impair property values or <br />improvements in the area; <br />c. That the granting of the variance is necessary for <br />the preservation and enjoyment of substantial property <br />rights; <br />d. That the variance will not impair an adequate <br />supply of light and air to adjacent property; <br />e. That the variance will not impair the orderly use <br />of the public streets; <br />f. That the variance will not increase the danger of <br />fire or endanger the public safety; <br />g. Whether the shape, topographical condition or other <br />similar characteristic of the tract is such as to <br />distinguish it substantially from all of the other <br />properties in the zoning district of which it is a <br />part, or whether a particular hardship, as <br />distinguished from mere inconvenience to the owner, <br />would result if the strict letter of the Chapter were <br />carried out; <br />h. Whether the variance is sought principally to <br />increase financial gain to the owner of the property, <br />and to determine whether a substantial hardship to the <br />owner would result from a denial of the variance; <br />i. Whether the conditions which give rise to the <br />application for the variance arose after the adoption <br />of this Chapter of the Code of the City of Falcon <br />Heights or any amendment thereto which placed the tract <br />in a zoning district different from what it was under <br />the Chapter. In the consideration of this item, the <br />City shall make diligent inquiry as to all changes in <br />the property and shall refuse to grant the variance if <br />the problem is one that can be solved through a proper <br />application of a conditional use permit or an amendment <br />of the Zoning code. Financial hardship shall not be a <br />basis for the granting of a variance when the owner <br />• purchased the property in reliance on a promise that a <br />variance would be granted, and the City shall dismiss <br />the appeal if it shall appear that the property was <br />purchased on such reliance. <br />