The Board shall have power to hear and determine appeals from refusal of building and zoning permits or certificates and to permit exceptions to and variations from the zoning regulations in individual cases as may be required to afford justice and avoid either a practical difficulty or an unnecessary hardship to property owners, as applicable and in accordance with standards established by ordinance of Council and such other powers as are now or may hereafter be conferred upon it by the laws of Ohio or by ordinance of Council. (Amended 11-3-20)