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Timestamp: 2020-08-04 11:59:46
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 90', '§ 90', '§ 90', '§ 90', '§ 90', 'art 59', 'art 60']

Township of Lower Saucon, PA Variances
§ 90-34 General.
§ 90-35 Variance procedures and conditions.
If compliance with any of the requirements of this chapter would result in an exceptional hardship to a prospective builder, developer or landowner, the Zoning Hearing Board of Lower Saucon Township may, upon request, grant relief from the strict application of the requirements.
General. If compliance with any of the requirements of this chapter would result in an exceptional hardship for a prospective builder, developer, or landowner, the Zoning Hearing Board may, upon request, grant relief from the strict application of the requirements. Requests for variances shall be considered by the Lower Saucon Township Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with this chapter and the procedures contained in § 90-18 and the following:
No variance shall be granted within any identified floodplain area that would cause any increase in BFE. In A Area/District, BFEs are determined using the methodology in § 90-20C.
No variance shall be granted for any of the prohibited uses or activities in § 90-26 to locate in the Flood Hazard District.
In granting any variance, the Lower Saucon Township Zoning Hearing Board shall attach whatever reasonable conditions and safeguards it considers necessary in order to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, and to achieve the objectives of this chapter.
Whenever a variance is granted, the Lower Saucon Township Zoning Hearing Board shall notify the applicant in writing that:
In reviewing any request for a variance, the Lower Saucon Township Zoning Hearing Board shall consider, at a minimum, the following:
A complete record of all variance requests and related actions shall be maintained by the Lower Saucon Township Zoning Hearing Board. In addition, a report of all variances granted during the year shall be included in the annual report to the FEMA.
Review factors. In reviewing applications for a variance, the Boards shall consider all relevant factors and procedures specified in other articles of this chapter and:
The relationship of the proposed use to the Lower Saucon Township Comprehensive Plan and the Lower Saucon Township stormwater management objectives and regulations.[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 137, Stormwater Management.
The requirements of the National Flood Insurance Program Regulations, Part 59: General Provisions, and Part 60: Criteria for Land Management and Use.
Supplemental technical review. The Boards may refer any application and accompanying documentation pertaining to any request for a variance to the Township Engineer or other qualified person or agency for:
All hydrologic and hydraulic analyses shall be undertaken only by professional engineers or others of demonstrated qualifications who shall certify that the technical methods used correctly reflect currently accepted technical concepts. Studies, analyses, computations, etc., shall be submitted in sufficient detail to allow a thorough technical review by Lower Saucon Township and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.
Notwithstanding any of the above, however, all structures shall be designed and constructed so as to have the capability of withstanding the one-percent-annual-chance flood.