Variances from the regulations of this Ordinance shall not be granted unless the Board makes specific findings of fact based directly on the particular evidence presented to it, which supports conclusions that the standards and conditions imposed in Section 1111.05, have been met by the applicant. Variances may be granted as guided by the following:
(a) To permit any yard or setback less than a yard or a setback required by the applicable regulations;
(b) To permit the use of a lot or lots for a use otherwise prohibited solely because of the insufficient area or width of the lot or lots, but generally the respective area and width of the lot or lots should not be less than 80 percent of the required area and width;
(c) To permit the same off-street parking facility to qualify as required facilities for two or more uses, provided that substantial use of such facility by each user does not take place at approximately the same hours of the same days of the week;
(d) To reduce the applicable off-street parking or loading facilities required by generally not more than 25 percent of the required facilities;
(e) To allow for the deferment of required parking facilities for a reasonable period of time, such period of time to be specified in the variance;
(f) To increase the maximum distance that required parking spaces are permitted to be located from the use served but generally not more than 40 percent;
(g) To increase the maximum allowable size or area of signs on a lot but generally by no more than 25 percent;
(h) To increase the maximum gross floor area of any use so limited by the applicable regulations but generally not more than 25 percent.
No order of the Zoning Board of Appeals granting a variance shall be valid for a period longer than 12 months from the date of such order unless the building permit or zoning approval is obtained within such period and the erection or alteration of a building is started or the use is commenced within such period.