No reasonable accommodation shall be provided by a waiver or variance of the provisions of subtitle 30.5 SCC which does not substantially accomplish the purposes of those chapters or which would reduce the safety of any structure. Modifications, waivers or variances of the provisions of subtitle 30.5 SCC shall provide at least the same level of safety as that required by the respective state code. The applicant shall have the burden of establishing that the proposed modification, waiver or variance accomplishes substantially the same purpose without reduction of safety. (Added by Amended Ord. 04-010, Mar. 3, 2004, Eff date Mar. 15, 2004).