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e e e Page 19 structures in the floodplain. The Building and Zoning Administrator shall also maintain a record of the elevation to which structures or alterations and additions to structures are flood-proofed. 3 . Board of Adiustment. A. The City Council, which serves as the Board of Adjustment under the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Elk River pursuant to Section 900.40 of this Code, shall be the Board of Adjustment under this Ordinance with the following powers and duties: i. AdmiDistrative Review. The Board shall hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official in the enforcement or administration of this Ordinance. 11. To hear and decide requests for variances from the provisions of this Ordinance pursuant to the standards set forth in Section 902.16(3) hereof. In exercising the foregoing powers and duties, the Council shall follow the procedures, rules and regulations established in Section 900.40 of this Code. B. ~ules. The Board of Adjustment shall adopt rules for the conduct of business and may exercise all of the powers conferred on such Boards by State Law. C. Variances. The Board may authorize upon appeal in specific cases such relief or variance from the terms of this Ordinance as will not be contrary to the pUblic interest and only for those circumstances such as hardship, practical difficulties or circumstances unique to the property under consideration, as provided for in Section 900.40 of the City Code. In the granting of such variance, the Board of Adjustment shall clearly identify in writing the specific conditions that existed consistent with the criteria specified in Section 900.40 of the City Code which justified the granting of the variance. No variance shall have the effect of allowing in any district uses prohibited in that district, permit a lower degree of flood protection than the Regulatory Flood Protection Elevation for the particular area, or permit standards lower than those required by State Law. D. ApplicatioQ~ Applications for a variance to this Ordinance shall be reviewed by the Planning Commission and City Council in the same manner and according to the same procedures as other variance applications received under Section 900.40 of the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Elk River.