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' appear tl�at it is impossible or not reasonabiy oractiUie <br /> � to devote the premises to a conforming use. Thus , it has <br /> � frequently been stated, as a broad general rule or <br /> � principle, that--- <br /> --financial considerations alone , or tne apparent <br /> � monetary distress of the owner, c�nnot govern the <br /> action of a zoning board. . .on the around of unnecessary <br /> � hardship. . . . . <br /> �-disadvantage in property value or income, or both, <br /> � to a single owner. . . from application of zonina restrict- <br /> ions, does not ordinarily warrant relaxation in his favor <br /> of the ground of . . . unnecessary hardship. . . . <br /> --the financial situation or pecuniary hardship of a <br /> single owner affurds no adequate gr�unds for puttit�g forth <br /> this extra ordinary power affect'ing other property ocvners <br /> y as well as the public. <br /> � --the fact that the proposed non-conforming use would be <br /> financially advantaaeous pr more profitable to the appli- <br /> cant is not, of itself, o� per se, a sufficient basis for <br /> claim of unnecessary hardship. " <br /> � Clearly, if pro�f of financial loss is insufficient to establisi� <br /> � unnecessary hardship, evidence which shows that a use for which a <br /> variance is sought will be more profitable than a permitted use <br /> should not be adequate. American Law of 2oning, supra, §1B.23. <br /> "The courts have consistently held that a variance may <br /> not be granted solely on the ground that such relief <br /> • will enable the applicant to make .a greateZOir02it. " <br /> American _Law_of Zoning; supra, 518:23, pp <br /> t <br /> Moreover, the hardship complained of by applicant was created <br /> by his own act and was self-imposed by reason of applicant' s en- <br /> larging his building and reducing space on the applicant' s own <br /> premises to such a degree that applicant could not conform to the <br /> parking requirements of the code. A self-imposed hardship is not <br /> ground forthe granting of a variance. Anerican Law of Zonin ; �u ra, <br /> §§18.42, 18.44 . 168 ALR 13,33-34 , supra. <br /> � "Hardship is self-created if it is caused by improve- <br /> ments to the land constructed by the applicant with <br /> knowledge of the restrictions from which he seeks <br /> relief. . .where hardship results frc�m improvement of <br /> land under such circumstances, it stems from the <br /> "reckless" conduct of the applicant rather than the <br /> application of the zoning regulations. " American Law <br /> � of Zoning, su ra, §18.44 . <br /> -11- � <br />