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AGENDA ITEM F-2 ATTACHMENT 6 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 9-.15.03 C.'~ - ~rj, p'3 STANDARDS FOR GRANTING A VARIANCE • Subdivision ~. Standards for Granting of Yarn ance. -No variance shall be granted unless the City Council shall make without qualification on the basis of evidence presented at the meeting the following findings: a. That the granting of the variance will not be detrimental to the public welfare; b. That the granting of the variance will not substantially diminish or impair property values or improvements in the area; c. That the granting of the variance is necessary for the - preservation and ea~oyment of substantial property rights; d. That the variance will not impair an adequate supply of Lght and air to adjacent property; - e. That the variance will not impair the orderly use of the public streets; f. That the variance will not increase the danger of fire or endanger the public safety; kig. ~iJhether the shape, topographical condition or other similar . characteristic of the tract is such as to distinguish it - substantially from aII of the other properties in the zoning district of which it is a part, or whether a particular hardship, as . . distinguished from mere inconvenience to the owner, would result if .the strict letter of the Chapter were carried out; - kh. iihether the variance is sought principally to increase financial .gain to the owner of the property,-and to determine whether a aubstaatial hardship to the owner would result from a denial of the. . variance; . i. iihether the oonditions which give rise to the application for the variance arose after the adoption of this Chapter of the Code of • the City of•Falcon Heights or any-amendment thereto which placed the tract is a coning-district different from what it was under the Chapter. In the consideration of this item,-•the City shall make - diligent inquiry as-to all changes is the property and-shall refuse to-grant-the-variance if the problem is one that can be solved through a proper application of a-conditional use permit-or an saendmeat oP the Zoning-code.-~•Finaacial hardship shall not be a basis for xhe granting of a-variance when the o~rner purchased the property in reliance on .a promise that a variance would be granted, _ and the City shall dismiss the appeal if it shall appear that the property was purchased on such reliance. Subdivision 5. Conditions. The City may attach such conditions to the grant of the variance as it shall determine will be necessary or (. desirable to bring it within the purpose and intent of the Chapter. A • public record shall be maintained of such conditions. -