The Board of Adjustments and Appeals is a quasi-judicial appellate board which determines and 
  provides interpretations and relief from perceived grievances related to the City's zoning 
  ordinances.  The board's duties are to hear and decide:
  1.) appeals where it is perceived there was an error in any order, requirement, or decision
       made by an administrative official or agency based on, or made in the enforcement of, the
       City's zoning ordinances;
  2.) requests for special exceptions, or for interpretations of, the zoning map;
  3.) requests for special exceptions for conditional use permits;
  4.) requests for variances from the terms of the zoning ordinances predicated on special
       hardships.