10-19-2020 Planning Commission Packet

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FILE#LA20-000067 19 Oct 2020 Page 4 of 5 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 a home and additions to a home are allowed use in the LR-1A 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 location of the existing home,the orientation and location of the neighboring homes, and the character of the neighborhood are unique conditions affecting the subject Property and the immediately adjoining properties. 9. The conditions do not apply generally to other land or structures in the district in which the land is located. The location of the existing home, the orientation and location of the neighboring home are unique conditions affecting the subject Property. 10. The granting of the application is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of a substantial property right of the applicant. The applicant states that the variance is necessary to preserve their right to improve their home and property. 11. The granting of the proposed variance will not in any way impair health, safety, comfort or morals, or in any other respect be contrary to the intent of this chapter. Granting the requested variance will not adversely impact health,safety,comfort,or morals;nor will it be contrary to the intent of the Code. 12. The granting of such variance will not merely serve as a convenience to the applicant, but is necessary to alleviate demonstrable difficulty. The application of the average lakeshore setback severely limits the options for improving the property/home; the granting of the requested variance is necessary to alleviate a practical difficulty resulting from the location of the existing home in relation to the neighboring home to the west,the orientation of the neighboring homes, and the character of the properties along this portion of Shoreline Drive with wetlands on the street side of the properties. The Commission may recommend or Council may impose conditions in granting of variances. Any conditions imposed must be directly related to and must bear a rough proportionality to the impact created by the variance. No variance shall be granted or changed beyond the use permitted in this chapter in the district where such land is located.