A. All proposed lots and development proposed pursuant to this chapter shall comply with all city zoning codes, objective policies, and guidelines unless an exception is granted. No exception shall be granted for any of the qualifying requirements as outlined in Section 16.15.020. Any proposed exception to any relevant objective standards, policies, guidelines, or codes shall not be granted unless the community development director can affirmatively determine the application meets all of the below requirements. For the purpose of these requirements, existing improvements or development is not considered a physical constraint.

B. The necessity to grant the exception(s) is based on site development feasibility where there are no options for other design alternatives such as modifying the footprint, moving lot lines, adding stories, or reducing floor area (to minimum eight hundred square feet) and where the applicant has demonstrated it is physically not possible to redesign the project to avoid the necessity of exceptions.

C. The requested exceptions represent the minimum deviation necessary to allow the construction of two units on each resulting parcel and which would not require any of the units to be less than eight hundred square feet. (Ord. 1729 § 4 (Exh. A), 2023)