<div class="chunk-title">Section 70. - Applicability.</div>
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               The provisions of Article VII shall apply to any application for a development permit,
               building permit, certificate of occupancy, zoning, special/conditional use permits,
               vested rights certificates, subdivision and site plan approvals.
               
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                  1.
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                  If the expansion is less than fifty percent of Gross Floor Area (GFA) of the existing
                  structure, additional off street parking and loading spaces shall be required to serve
                  only the enlarged or expanded area, provided that in all cases the number of off street
                  parking and loading spaces provided for the entire use (pre-existing plus expansion)
                  must be equal to at least seventy-five percent of the required minimum spaces established
                  by this Ordinance.
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                  2.
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                  If the expansion is greater than fifty percent of the GFA of any existing structure,
                  additional off street parking and loading must meet one hundred percent of the required
                  minimum number of spaces for the entire use.
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                  3.
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                  Off street parking and loading spaces must be provided for any change in uses or manner
                  of operation that would result in a requirement for more parking or loading spaces
                  that the existing use.
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                  4.
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                  Off site parking areas that constitute the principal use of the site shall comply
                  with all of the design standards of this Ordinance.
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                  5.
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                  The Board of Commissioners may authorize a variance from these regulations when, in
                  its opinion, undue hardship may result from strict compliance. In granting the variance,
                  the Board of Commissioners shall make findings required below, taking into account
                  the nature of the proposed facility, the existing use of land in the vicinity, the
                  number of persons to work in the proposed facility, and the probable effect of the
                  proposed facility upon traffic conditions in the vicinity. Variance requests shall
                  be initiated in writing by the property owner prior to the Planning Board meeting.
                  The Planning Board shall forward a recommendation to the Board of Commissioners. The
                  owner shall specify the reason for the request. No variance shall be granted unless
                  the Board of Commissioners finds:
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                  a)
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                  that there are special circumstances or conditions affecting said property; such that
                  the strict application of the provisions of this ordinance would deprive the applicant
                  of the reasonable use of his land.
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                  b)
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                  that the circumstances giving rise to the need for the variance is peculiar to the
                  parcel and are not generally characteristic of other parcels in the jurisdiction.
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