1. (a) By local law, a legislative body may specify in a zoning law the allowable modifications that may be made by a variance.

2. (b) The modifications in a variance:

   1. (1) may be only of density, bulk, dimensional, or area requirements of the zoning law;
   2. (2) may be only allowed where, owing to conditions peculiar to the property and not because of any action taken by the applicant, a literal enforcement of the zoning law would result in unnecessary hardship or practical difficulty as specified in the zoning law; and
   3. (3) may not be contrary to the public interest.

Added by Acts 2012, c. 426, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2012.