A. 
Where the Planning Board finds that compliance with this chapter would cause unusual hardship or extraordinary difficulties because of exceptional and unique conditions of topography, access, location, shape, size, drainage or other physical features of the site, the minimum requirements of this chapter may be modified to mitigate the hardship, provided that the public interest is protected and the development is in keeping with the general spirit and intent of this chapter.
B. 
No such modifications may be granted if it would have the effect of nullifying the intent and purpose of the Official Map, the Zoning Law, the Master Plan, this chapter or state law.
C. 
All modifications and waivers shall be described in a separate resolution of the Planning Board.
In granting waivers or modifications, the Planning Board shall require such conditions as will, in its formal resolution and judgment, secure substantially the objectives of the standards or requirements so waived or modified.
Any officer, department, board or bureau of the town, with the approval of the Town Board or any person or persons, jointly or severally aggrieved by any decision of the Planning Board concerning a plat decision and with standing, may bring a proceeding to review in the manner provided by Article 78 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules in a court of record on the ground that such decision is illegal, in whole or in part. Such proceeding must be commenced within 30 days after the filing of the decision in the office of the Town Clerk.