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s-OAtp CITY OF ORONO <br /> RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> NO.--- 7 1 2 6 <br /> "1kEsu0V-� <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 /> The request to permit construction of the home in a conforming location on the <br /> substandard property is reasonable. <br /> b. The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to his property not created <br /> by the landowner. <br /> The substandard size is an existing condition.There is no available land with which <br /> to make the Property more conforming; and <br /> c. The variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality." <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 /> 4. "Economic considerations alone do not constitute practical difficulties." Economic <br /> considerations have not been a factor in the variance approval determination. <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 /> 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 /> 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 /> 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 /> 3 <br />