§ 11-6-25 — Board of adjustment to consider variances in hardship cases--Municipal planning and zoning adjustment provisions apply.

The city council may provide for a board of adjustment, or may authorize the planning and zoning commission to serve as a board of adjustment to make special exceptions or grant variances to the regulations adopted under § 11-6-24 in specific cases, in order that unwarranted hardship, which constitutes an unreasonable deprivation of use as distinguished from the mere grant of a privilege, may be avoided. The provisions of §§ 11-4-13 to 11-4-29 , inclusive, shall apply to any actions under this section.

Legislative History

SL 1949, ch 198, § 10; SDC Supp 1960, § 45.3310; SL 1966, ch 145; SL 1975, ch 116, § 15.