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0 0 CITY of ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL SK0 NO. 5 8 Z 4 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Orono, Minnesota: FINDINGS 1. This application was reviewed as Zoning File 07-3322. 2. The property is located in the RR-1B Rural Residential Zoning District which requires a minimum lot area of 2.0 acres and a minimum lot width of 200'. 3. The Planning Commission reviewed this application at a public hearing held on October 15, 2007 and recommended approval of variances based on the following findings: a. The property contains 782,499 s.f. of area and has approximately 180 feet in width along Willow Drive South. b. The existing residence has existed on the property for many years. c. The narrowness in width exists between the wetland and Willow Drive South; there is no additional land available to add to the property which will bring the structures or the buildable envelope into conformity. d. The Applicants have proposed to establish a wetland buffer and have agreed to the filing of a perpetual easement and covenant over the buffer and wetland as part of this application. 4. The City Council has considered this application including the findings and recommendation of the Planning Commission, reports by City staff, comments by the Applicants and the public, and the effect of the proposed variance on the health, safety and welfare of the community. 5. The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this property are peculiar to it and do not apply generally to other property in this zoning district; that granting the variance would not adversely affect traffic conditions, light, air nor pose a fire hazard or other danger to neighboring property; would not merely serve as a convenience to the Applicants, but is necessary to alleviate a demonstrable hardship or difficulty; is necessary to preserve a substantial property right of the Pa-e 2 of 4