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0 <br /> O tt, O <br /> CITY of ORONO <br /> 'Pe* , <br /> RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> �kES� <br /> NO. IA V <br /> A. The property has been used for single-family residential use since <br /> approximately 1900. The property also has a recently installed(1998)septic <br /> system and has demonstrated a future septic site for the size of house that is <br /> proposed on the property. <br /> B. The preferred alternative would be to build a new house conforming to <br /> required setbacks. However due to a number of property acquisitions by <br /> Hennepin County to allow improvements and realignment of County Road 6 <br /> the size of the property has been reduced. The most recent acquisition in <br /> 1998 has also reduced the front yard setback for the existing house. <br /> C. A large wetland area on the property has reduced the overall lot area from 4.0 <br /> acres to a dry buildable area of less than 1.5 acres. The property is located in <br /> the RR-1A district requiring a minimum lot size of 5.0 acres and also applies <br /> setback standards for lots assuming a lot area of 5.0 acres. The required <br /> setbacks in the district are 100' front and rear yard and 50' for a side yard. <br /> This building area of this property has further been reduced by the 26' <br /> required setback to the wetland. <br /> D. The proposed house would be built meeting the setbacks currently met by the <br /> existing house. <br /> E. The location of the septic drainfield site 20' from the north end of the house <br /> and the well at the southeast end of the house restricts any possible <br /> movement of the building based on the design of the house submitted by the <br /> applicants. <br /> F. Accessory buildings are required to be removed from a property when a <br /> principal building is removed. The property contains a barn that is <br /> approximately 115 years old and a pole barn (garage/workshop) that are <br /> classified as oversized accessory buildings. The variances are justified by the <br /> fact the buildings were built on the property prior to existing zoning <br /> regulations,and the barn did meet the minimum required setbacks prior to the <br /> most recent acquisition of property to expand the County Highway. <br /> G. The granting of variances to permit accessory buildings to remain on the <br /> property does not change the status of the buildings as legal non-conforming <br /> structures. They are allowed to remain on the property until such time they <br /> have reached the end of their useful life. The Orono Zoning Ordinance <br /> addresses improvements allowed to non-conforming structures. Such <br /> Page 2 of 8 <br />