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CITY OF ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NO. 1. This application was reviewed as Zoning File #LA19-000028. The analysis contained within staff memos and the exhibits attached to the aforesaid memos, all minutes from the above mentioned meetings, and any and all other materials distributed at these meetings are hereby incorporated by reference. 2. The Property is located in the LR -1C One Family Lakeshore Residential Zoning District. 3. The Property contains 0.18 acres in area and has a defined lot width of approximately 198 feet at the ordinary high water level. 4. The Property is platted as an outlot, and therefore is not buildable. 5. Applicant has applied for the following variance[s]: a. Back lot standards b. Double frontage lots, access to lots, and front/ back lot divisions. 6. In considering this application for variance, the Council has considered the advice and recommendation of the Planning Commission and the effect of the proposed variance upon the health, safety and welfare of the community, existing and anticipated traffic conditions, light and air, danger of fire, risk to the public safety, and the effect on values of property in the surrounding area. ANALYSIS: The variance is in harmony with the general intent and purpose of the Ordinance. The intent of the ordinance is the provision of a separate lot protecting access to a back lot while not introducing additional density. The access can be provided via an easement, and the nature of these lots do not lend themselves to further subdivision, i.e. density. The variance is consistent with the comprehensive plan. The use of the property remains residential, consistent with the comprehensive plan. The applicant establishes that there are practical difficulties. The property owner proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted by the official controls; The use of the property remains the same. There are circumstances unique to the property not created by the landowner; The condition of the property prior to development, configured as three separate lots, was not created by the developer. Further, the property is a peninsula and at the end of a dead end street. The variance will not alter the essential character of the locality. The variance, allowing access to the back lot via an easement versus an outlot will not be discernable to the character of the locality.