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�O O <br /> :iv- <br /> CITY of ORONO <br /> 1.1 <br /> ISA� <br /> WO O~ RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> N0. <br /> only 10,675 s.f. in area, extremely substandard as compared to the 87,120 s.f. minimum lot <br /> area requirement for the LR-1A zoning district in which the property is located, and the <br /> property would likely have been considered as unbuildable, and potentially would not have <br /> been assigned a sewer unit, had it been vacant at the time the project was assessed. <br /> 2. The combination of Lot 17 with Lot 18 will result in a lot that is still <br /> only 25% of the minimum required lot area standard for the LR-1A zoning district. <br /> 3. Construction of a new single family residence on Lot 17 would not <br /> be in keeping with the low density residential development goals and objectives of the Orono <br /> Comprehensive Plan, nor in keeping with the standards of the LR-1A Zoning District. <br /> Further, construction of a new single family residence on Lot 17 would certainly require <br /> significant variances to lot area, lot width, side setbacks and possibly variances for hardcover <br /> and structural coverage. <br /> 4. It would be in keeping with the objectives of the Comprehensive Plan <br /> and Zoning Code to reduce the potential for a new single family residence to be developed <br /> on Lot 17 by eliminating the sewer unit assigned to Lot 17. The sewer unit would be <br /> effectively eliminated by refunding the amount of the remaining balance of unpaid <br /> assessments as of the date of the Fiedlers' purchase. <br /> 5. The Fiedlers paid the remaining balance of unpaid assessments as of <br /> June 1998 in order to facilitate a timely purchase of the property, but not with the intent to <br /> firmly establish the right to a sewer unit for Lot 17. The Fiedler's have indicated that <br /> construction of a new residence on the combination of Lots 17 and 18 will make use of the <br /> sewer unit provided and assessed to Lot 18. The 1992 Stubbs Bay Sewer Project was <br /> assessed on a unit basis and the amount assessed to Lot 17 was equal to the amount assessed <br /> to Lot 18 and any other individual building site in the project sub-area at the time of <br /> assessment. <br /> 6. It is not the general policy of the City to refund paid or unpaid <br /> assessments when a principal structure is demolished or has plumbing removed. However, <br /> when unique circumstances arise in which the general interest of the public is best served by <br /> eliminating the possibility of future high-density development that would be in complete <br /> Page 2 of 3 <br />