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17 <br />have been attached to the granting of a variance or approval of a Special <br />Use: <br />2.3.4 Quorum and Vote Required <br />2.3.4.1 A quorum of the Board, necessary to conduct any business of the Board <br />shall, consist of four members. <br />2.3.4.2 The concurring vote of four of the members of the Board shall be <br />necessary in order: <br />a) To reverse any order, requirement, decision or determination of any <br />administrative official charged with enforcement of this ordinance, <br />or <br />b) To decide in favor of the applicant any matter upon which it is <br />required to pas's by this ordinance, or <br />c) To effect any variation in this ordinance. <br />2.3.4.3 A simple majority of those present shall be necessary to conduct routine <br />business of the Board. <br />2.3.5 Application Of The Special Use Power <br />The application of the Special Use Power shall be as set forth in Article 8. <br />2.3.6 Application Of The Variance Power <br />2.3.6.1 A variance may be allowed only by the Board of Adjustment in cases <br />involving practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships, when substantial <br />evidence in the official record of the application supports all the following <br />findings. <br />a) That the alleged hardships or practical dificulties are unique and <br />singular as regards to the property of the person requesting the, <br />variance and are not those suffered in common with other properly <br />. similarly located. <br />b) That the alleged hardships and practical difficulties, which will result <br />from failure to grant the variance, extend to the inability to use the <br />land in question for any use in conformity with the provision of this <br />ordinance and include substantially more than .mere inconvenience <br />and inability to attain a higher financial return; <br />c) That the variance, if allowed, will not substantially interfere with or <br />injure the rights of others whose property would be affected by <br />allowance of the variance. <br />17 <br />