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• Subdivision 3. Termination. The violation of any condition of the variance shall <br />terminate the variance. If the property is not used or improvements substantially begun <br />within a period of one year after the decision granting the variance, unless the decision <br />provides otherwise, the variance shall be terminated and the Zoning Administrator shall <br />notify the owner of his determination thereof. The owner, in the event of any such <br />determination of termination by the Zoning Administrator, shall have the right of appeal <br />as set forth in this Chapter. <br />Subdivision 4. Standards for Granting of Variance. No variance shall be granted unless <br />the City Council shall make without qualification on the basis of evidence presented at <br />the meeting the following findings: <br />a. That the granting of the variance will not be detrimental to the public welfare; <br />b. That the granting of the variance will not substantially diminish or impair <br />property values or improvements in the area; <br />c. That the granting of the variance is necessary for the preservation and <br />enjoyment of substantial property rights; <br />d. That the variance will not impair an adequate supply of light and air to <br />adjacent property; <br />e. That the variance will not impair the orderly use of the public streets; <br />f. That the variance will not increase the danger of fire or endanger the public <br />safety; <br />g. Whether the shape, topographical condition or other similar characteristic of <br />the tract is such as to distinguish it substantially from all of the other properties in <br />the zoning district of which it is a part, or whether a particular hardship, as <br />distinguished from mere inconvenience to the owner, would result if the strict <br />letter of the Chapter were carried out; <br />h. Whether the variance is sought principally to increase financial gain to the <br />owner of the property, 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 application for the variance arose <br />after the adoption of this Chapter of the Code of the City of Falcon Heights or any <br />amendment thereto which placed the tract in a zoning district different from what <br />it was under the Chapter. In the consideration of this item, the City shall make <br /> <br />4 <br />