§ 1445-17. Standards for Variances to Accommodate Persons with Disabilities.

The Zoning Hearing Examiner may authorize a variance from provisions of the Cincinnati Zoning Code and the Land Development Code that limit the number of persons who may live together as a single-housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit on finding that all of the following circumstances apply:

(a)

The variance is necessary as a reasonable accommodation of persons with disabilities;

(b)

The denial of the variance would result in the denial of the equal opportunity of persons with disabilities to use and enjoy occupancy of a dwelling;

(c)

The variance is not materially detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to property in the district or vicinity in which the property is located; and

(d)

In a residential district, the maximum number persons that the Zoning Hearing Examiner may authorize to live together as a single-housekeeping unit is eight.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 15-2004, eff. Feb. 13, 2004; Emer. Ord. No. 141-2015, § 74, eff. July 1, 2015; Emer. Ord. No. 244-2015, § 8, eff. July 1, 2015)