The proposed building or use at the particular location requested is necessary or desirable to provide a service or a facility which is in the interest of the public convenience and will contribute to the general welfare of the neighborhood or community;

The proposed building or use will not have a substantial or undue adverse effect upon adjacent property, the character of the neighborhood, traffic conditions, utility facilities and other matters affecting the public health, safety and general welfare;

The proposed building or use will be designed, arranged and operated so as to permit the development and use of neighboring property in accordance with the applicable district regulations;

The proposed building or use complies with the more specific standards and criteria established for the particular building or use in question by this Zoning Ordinance;

The proposed building or use has been considered in relation to the goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan of the Village;

There shall be reasonable assurance that the proposed building or use will be completed and maintained in a timely manner, if authorized.

An appeal for a variance may be taken to the Zoning Board of Appeals by any person or by any officer, department, board or bureau of the Village affected by a decision of the Administrative Officer. Such appeal shall be taken within such time as shall be prescribed by the Zoning Board of Appeals by general rule, by filing with the Administrative Officer and with the Board of Appeals, a notice of appeal, specifying the grounds thereof. The Administrative Officer shall forthwith transmit to the Board all of the papers constituting the record upon which the action appealed from was taken.

An appeal shall stay all proceedings in furtherance of the action appealed from, unless the Administrative Officer certifies to the Board of Appeals after the notice of appeal has been filed with him that, by reason of facts stated in the certificate, a stay would, in his opinion, cause imminent peril to life or property, in which case the proceedings shall not be stayed otherwise than by a restraining order which may be granted by the Board of Appeals or by a court of record on application, on notice to the Administrative Officer and on due cause shown.

In considering all appeals and all proposed variations to this Title, the Board shall, before making any variation from this Title in a specific case, first determine that the proposed variation will not impair an adequate supply of light and air to adjacent property, or unreasonably increase the congestion in public streets, or increase the danger of fire or endanger the public safety, or unreasonably diminish or impair established property values within the surrounding area, or in any other respect impair the public health, safety, comfort, morals or welfare of the inhabitants of the Village. The concurring vote of four members of the Board shall be necessary to reverse any order, requirements, decisions or determination of the Administrative Officer or to decide in favor of the applicant in any matter upon which it is authorized by this Title to render a decision. Copies of all findings, orders and decisions of the Board shall be transmitted to the Board of Trustees for their final approval.

Nothing herein contained shall be construed to give or grant to the Board the power or authority to alter or change the Zoning Title or the District Map, such power and authority being reserved to the Village Board. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to give to the Board the power or authority to give final approval on any appeal for a variance, such power and authority being expressly reserved to the Village Board.

To permit the extension of a district where the boundary line of a district divides a lot in single ownership as shown of record.

To permit the reconstruction of a nonconforming building which has been destroyed or damaged to an extent of more than 60% of its value, by fire or Act of God or the public enemy, or to permit the continued nonconforming use of a building or premises in the event that said use is discontinued or its normal operation stopped for a continuous period of over one year, where the Board shall find some compelling public necessity requiring a continuance of the nonconforming use, or satisfactory evidence is presented regarding the necessity and justification of discontinued use or normal operation, and in no case shall such a permit be issued if its primary function is to continue a monopoly.

To permit the erection and use of a building or the use of premises in any location for a public service corporation for public utility purposes which the Board deems reasonably necessary for the public convenience or welfare.

To make a variance where, by reason of an exceptional situation, surroundings or condition of a specific piece of property, or by reason of exceptional narrowness, shallowness or shape of a specific piece of property of record, or by reason of exceptional topographical conditions, the strict application of any provision of this Title would result in peculiar and exceptional practical difficulties or particular hardship upon the owner of the property and amount to a practical confiscation of property as distinguished from a mere inconvenience to such owner, provided such relief can be granted without substantial detriment to the public good and without substantially impairing the general purpose and intent of the Comprehensive Plan as established by the regulations and provisions contained in this Title.

To interpret the provisions of this Title where the street layout actually on the ground varies from the street layout as shown on the District Map fixing the several districts.

To permit lots that were of record at the time of passage hereof and which contain less than the intensity of use requirements of the dwelling district in which they are located to be used for single-family dwellings and to vary the side yard regulations for such lots, but only when the owner or owners of such lots furnish substantial proof of the inability to acquire, or to acquire at a reasonable price, additional land adjoining the lot which would be necessary to provide the required lot area.

To extend the period within which a nonconforming commercial or industrial use is to be removed from a dwelling district, when the owner or owners can furnish substantial proof that the building was so extensively remodeled, reconstructed or structurally altered after the original construction that it practically resulted in a new building, but such extension of the period shall not exceed 40 years from the date of such remodeling, reconstruction or structural alteration.

To waive the parking requirements in the commercial, business or industrial districts whenever the character or use of the building is such as to make unnecessary the full provision of parking facilities or where such regulations would impose an unreasonable hardship upon the use of the lot as contrasted with merely granting an advantage or a convenience.

To permit land within 200 feet of a multiple dwelling to be improved for the parking spaces required in connection with a multiple dwelling, but only when there is positive assurance that such land can be used for such purpose during the existence of the multiple dwelling.