§ 279-12. Variances; conditions.

A. 

Where unnecessary hardship may result from enforcement of the strict letter of any provision of this chapter, application for variances consistent with the spirit of this chapter may be made to and acted upon by the Board of Standards and Appeals of the City of New Rochelle. The Board is empowered to grant a variance when the Board has found that:

(1) 

The application of the strict letter of this chapter would create an unnecessary hardship for the applicant.

(2) 

The omission of an approved sprinkler system from all or part of a building will not significantly jeopardize human life.

B. 

In granting any variances the Board of Standards and Appeals may impose such conditions as such Board may reasonably determine necessary to mitigate the consequences of the omission of an approved sprinkler system from all or any part of a building, including the requirement that alternative forms of fire-extinguishing equipment be provided or a requirement of additional alarms or other devices to ameliorate the effects of having no sprinkler systems.