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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO TRUTH-IN-TAXATION/CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,December 10,2018 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> Walsh stated nothing can stop someone from requesting a variance and that the conforming lot was a <br /> start. Walsh stated there have been a number of occasions where people have come in with conforming <br /> lakeshore lots in a development,but the City has had to preempt the issue by setting the sightlines up <br /> front and requiring that certain homes be built first. <br /> Kelly Hueler stated when they were at the Council meeting,they heard that the lot had to be conforming. <br /> Hueler noted there is no existing home on the property and that the applicants have more than sufficient <br /> room for a building pad. Hueler asked where the Dunkley addition is. <br /> Curtis pointed out the location of the addition. <br /> Hueler stated that is where the lakeshore curves,and that the next house that is being proposed is along <br /> straight lakeshore. Hueler stated the Dunkleys already received three variances so that issue has no <br /> bearing on this. Those are existing homes with practical difficulties that can be easily understood and <br /> other citizens in Orono have received the same consideration for. This is an empty lot and it is not a point <br /> or a peninsula where they are building. The lot has a perfectly sufficient building pad and it met all the <br /> requirements. <br /> Hueler stated she does not understand how the applicants can come back in and ask for exactly what they <br /> want when the first answer was no. To them and everyone else around the lake that is not a process that <br /> makes sense and there apparently is no reason why someone cannot walk in here and request a patio that <br /> was originally denied and say we have every right to that. <br /> Walsh stated everyone has the right to ask for a variance based on practical difficulty and the Council <br /> finds whether there is or is not reasonable accommodation. <br /> Hueler asked where the practical difficulty is. <br /> Dankey stated the lot is an unusual shape and the building pad is already 120 to 130 feet back from the <br /> lake. Dankey stated if you keep moving it back,that azea becomes very narrow,which is a practical <br /> difficulty. <br /> Kelly Hueler commented the applicants created the practical difficulty. <br /> Greg Hueler stated he is not an attorney,but his understanding is that in Minnesota you cannot create <br /> your own practical difficulty. <br /> Dankey stated she does not understand why there is now a new sightline. <br /> Curtis stated the first sightline was shown incorrectly. <br /> Walsh stated everyone can state their opinion but that he wants to avoid any arguments. ' <br /> Greg Hueler asked what happened with the sightline. <br /> Curtis stated nothing really happened with the sightline, and that what the Council was reviewing when <br /> the new surveyor came on board was a plat. The surveyor was cleaning up the information that was not <br /> as clear from the previous surveyor. The previous surveyor had the incorrect sightline on their survey, <br /> Page 16 of 19 <br />