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CITY OF ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NO. owner proposes to install Improvements which are residential in nature and reasonable from a residential scope. This criterion is met. b. The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to his property not created by the landowner. The neighboring home to the east is set back further from the lake than most of the surrounding homes resulting in the unique average lakeshore setback applied to the Property. This criterion is met c. The variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality. " It does not appear that the requested average lakeshore setback variance to permit the deck will adversely impact views of the lake currently enjoyed by the adjacent property owners.This criterion is met. 4. "Economic considerations alone do not constitute practical difficulties." Economic considerations have not been a factor in the variance approval determination. 5. "Practical difficulties also include but are not limited to inadequate access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems. Variances shall be granted for earth -sheltered construction as defined in Minn. Stat. § 216C.06, subd. 2, when in harmony with Orono City Code Chapter 78." This condition is not applicable. 6. "The board or the council may not permit as a variance any use that is not permitted under Orono City Code Chapter 78 for property in the zone where the affected person's land is located." This condition is not applicable, as the use for improvements to a residential structure is an allowed use in the LR -1C Zoning District. 7. "The board or council may permit as a variance the temporary use of a one -family dwelling as a two-family dwelling." This condition is not applicable. 8. "The special conditions applying to the structure or land in question are peculiar to such property or immediately adjoining property." The property abuts Lake Minnetonka with both abutting neighbors setback over 130 feet from the lake. The proposed deck is angled away from the neighboring homes as to not interfere with the sightline of the lake. This criterion is met. 9. "The conditions do not apply generally to other land or structures in the district in which the land is located." The subject house if located closest to the lake in the area of Casco Circle, which gently curves. This criterion is met.