"Hardship," as used in Section 82-28.516, Variances, means the exceptional hardship that would result from a failure to grant
the requested variance. The county requires that the variance be exceptional, unusual
and peculiar to the property involved. Mere economic or financial hardship alone is
not exceptional. Inconvenience, aesthetic considerations, physical handicaps, personal
preferences or the disapproval of one's neighbors cannot, as a rule, qualify as an
exceptional hardship. All of these problems can be resolved through other means without
granting a variance, even if the alternative is more expensive or requires the property
owner to build elsewhere or put the parcel to a different use than originally intended.
