The specific purpose of this chapter is to establish an alternate means of granting relief from the requirements of this code when so doing would be consistent with the purposes of the code and will improve the quality of development, and it is not possible or practical to approve a variance. Further to this end, it is the policy of the city to comply with the federal Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act to provide reasonable accommodation to persons with disabilities seeking fair access to housing through waiver of the application of the city’s zoning regulations. This chapter authorizes the hearing officer to grant administrative relief from the code’s dimensional requirements, subject to specified limits, to achieve these objectives. [Ord. 14-12 § 1; Res. 14-36 § 507.01.]