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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />CITY OF ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br />NO. ________________________ <br /> <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br /> <br />a. The property owner in question proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner, <br />however, the proposed use is not permitted by the official controls. <br /> <br />The request to permit construction of the home in a conforming location on the <br />substandard property is reasonable. <br /> <br />b. The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to his property not created <br />by the landowner. <br /> <br />The substandard size is an existing condition. There is no available land with which <br />to make the Property more conforming; and <br /> <br />c. The variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality.” <br /> <br />The variances are requested in order to permit construction of a home in a <br />conforming location which will not alter the character of the neighborhood; the <br />variances are reasonable. <br /> <br />4. “Economic considerations alone do not constitute practical difficulties.” Economic <br />considerations have not been a factor in the variance approval determination. <br /> <br />5. “Practical difficulties also include but are not limited to inadequate access to direct sunlight <br />for solar energy systems. Variances shall be granted for earth-sheltered construction as <br />defined in Minn. Stat. § 216C.06, subd. 2, when in harmony with Orono City Code Chapter <br />78.” This condition is not applicable. <br /> <br />6. “The board or the council may not permit as a variance any use that is not permitted under <br />Orono City Code Chapter 78 for property in the zone where the affected person's land is <br />located.” This condition is not applicable, as a single family home in a conforming location <br />is an allowed use in the RR-1B District. <br /> <br />7. “The board or council may permit as a variance the temporary use of a one-family dwelling <br />as a two-family dwelling.” This condition is not applicable. <br /> <br />8. “The special conditions applying to the structure or land in question are peculiar to such <br />property or immediately adjoining property.” Although the Property is likely the smallest in <br />the immediate neighborhood, there are other properties within the neighborhood which do <br />not conform to the 2.0 acre minimum standard. The proposed level of development is not <br />out of character. <br />