Ord 2025-4087_creating Floodplain Management Appeals Board

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meeting for which notice can be provided following the hearing and not later than the 60" day after the date the appeal is filed. h) In exercising its authority to hear requests for variances, the Floodplain Management Appeals Board shall be subject to the following standards and guidelines: (1) Prerequisites for granting variances: (a) Variances shall only be issued upon a determination that the variance is the minimum necessary, considering the flood hazard, to afford relief. (b) Variances shall only be issued upon: (i) showing a good and sufficient cause; (ii) a determination that failure to grant the variance would result in exceptional hardship to the applicant, and (iii) a determination that the granting of a variance will not result in increased flood heights, additional threats to public safety, extraordinary public expense, create nuisances, cause fraud on or victimization of the public, or conflict with existing local laws or ordinances. (c) Any application to which a variance is granted shall be given written notice that the structure will be permitted to be built with the lowest floor elevation below the base flood elevation, and that the cost of flood insurance will he commensurate with the increased risk resulting from the reduced lowest floor elevation. (2) Variances may be issued for new construction and substantial improvements and for other development necessary for the conduct of a functionally dependent use provided that (i) all applicable criteria outlined in this article are met, and (ii) the structure or other development is protected by methods that minimize flood damages during the base flood and create no additional threats to public safety." (3) Variances may be issued for new construction and substantial improvements to be erected on a lot of one-half acre or less in size contiguous to and surrounded by lots with existing structures constructed below the base flood level, providing the relevant factors in section 94-64(2) of this article have been fully considered. As the lot size increases beyond the one-half half acre, the technical justification required for issuing the variance increases. (4) Variances shall not be issued within any designated floodway if any increase in flood levels during the base flood discharge would result. (5) Variances may be issued for the repair or rehabilitation of historic structures upon a determination that the proposed repair or rehabilitation will not preclude the