To encourage applicants to avoid or minimize impacts to a WQR and/or HCA, variances are available for use on any property that includes a WQR or an HCA.

Requests to vary any standards shall be subject to the review process and approval criteria for variances established in ZDC Chapter 660 Variances.

In granting any variance request related to this Section, the Planning Commission may impose such conditions as are deemed necessary to minimize adverse impacts that may result from granting the variance. Examples of such conditions include, but are not limited to, maintaining a minimum width of the vegetated corridor alongside a primary protected water feature and limiting the amount of a WQR for which the adjacent vegetated corridor width can be reduced.