The Board of Appeals heretofore established is continued, except that the Board shall consist of five members, including the members in office on the effective date of this section, and two additional members appointed by the Board of Trustees. The two additional members so appointed shall be appointed for terms ending at the end of the official year in 1988 and 1989, respectively. Upon the expiration of any term, the successor member shall be appointed for a term of five years so that the term of one Board member shall expire each year.

The members of the Board of Appeals shall serve without compensation.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of Village Law § 7-712 shall govern with respect to the organization, powers and duties of the Board of Appeals.

To establish appropriate requirements, in conformity with the general purposes and intent of this chapter, for irregular lots or lots of less than the required area or depth in any district existing at the effective date of this chapter.

To grant temporary and conditional permits of limited duration for nonconforming uses and buildings in undeveloped regions.

To determine and establish the true location of district boundaries in any disputed case.

Where a district boundary line divides a lot in single ownership at the date of the adoption of this chapter, to permit a use authorized on the less highly restricted portion of said lot to be extended into the more highly restricted portion of such lot.

To permit the extension or enlargement of a nonconforming use or building existing at the date of the enactment of this chapter.

To permit any public utility in a restricted district if the Board is satisfied that public convenience and necessity requires it.

Where the street layout actually on the ground varies from the street layout as shown on the Building Zone Map, to apply the use and other regulations to the ground in such a way as to carry out the intent and purpose of the map for such particular area.

To determine, in the case of an irregular lot or in a disputed case, the identity of the front, rear or side of a building and the location of the front yard, the rear yard or the side yards thereof.

To grant a permit wherever it is provided in this chapter that the approval of the Board of Appeals is required.

To exercise the powers conferred upon it, directly or by implication, by this or any other chapter.

No person shall be entitled as a matter of right to a variance, permit, approval or other favorable action by the Board of Appeals.

The Board of Appeals is not required to exercise in favor of the applicant the discretionary powers conferred upon it by this chapter, and if the Board of Appeals should refuse to exercise such powers, the applicant shall comply with the provisions of this chapter that control in the absence of such variance, special exception, permit or approval by the Board of Appeals.

The Board of Appeals is not required to grant relief unless practical difficulties or unnecessary hardships are present.

For the purpose of this section §§ 151-38 and 151-39, the objective of the zoning regulations is:

No action shall be taken by the Board of Appeals, the effect of which, in the judgment of the Board, would impair or tend to impair the value or character or desirability of properties in the Village for the purposes stated in Subsection D, or which would permit or tend to permit the introduction into the Village of a type of development not established in the Village at the date of the adoption of this chapter.

In granting relief, the Board of Appeals may impose conditions which in its judgment will tend to carry out the purpose of this section, including, but not limited to, determining the location of the proposed structure or the landscaping thereof and requiring a larger size of lot or smaller building area or larger front, rear or side yards than required by this chapter for the district in which the lot is situated.

In case conditions are imposed, the Board may require the applicant to furnish the bond of a surety company satisfactory to the Board in an amount fixed by the Board to assure the performance of such conditions.

Every variance and conditional or special exception use permit granted by the Board of Appeals pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall become null, void and of no further force and effect unless, within one year after the decision granting said variance or use permit is filed in the office of the Village Clerk, a building permit is issued. The Board of Trustees, in its sole discretion, may grant extensions of the time in which to obtain a permit.