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of the property for religious institutional purposes. <br />3. There are no special or unique condition(s) of restricted area, shape, topography, or physical <br />features that exist on the subject parcel of land, which are not applicable to other parcels of <br />land in the Central Area Downtown Zoning District, and which cause unusual and practical <br />difficulty or unnecessary hardship to the use of the property with a sign permitted by the <br />ordinance with the provisions sought here to be varied. <br />4. The hardship sought to be avoided is the result of (a) the applicant's own actions (self-imposed <br />or self-created), and (b) the applicant has not stated that there is an economic or financial <br />hardship for the digital sign to be installed in compliance with ordinance requirements. This <br />alone, is not justification for approval of the variance. Rather it is out of convenience and <br />personal preference for the church as stated in the request. <br />5. The provisions of the sign regulations that are sought to be varied, do not deprive the applicant <br />of reasonable rights to use the property that are commonly enjoyed by other properties in the <br />downtown area which are required to comply with these same ordinance provisions. A bad <br />precedent would be set by approving this request which can easily be avoided with the <br />installation of a conforming sign. <br />This decision was filed in the Board's office on 1/3/2023. <br />0.... <br />Chairperson, Board of Adjustment <br />Secretary to the Board <br />