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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 /> <br />b. The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to his property not created <br />by the landowner. <br /> <br />The Property is substandard for the LR-1C zoning district. Due to the existing <br />substandard lot size, which is a result of the property being platted as part of the <br />‘Winship’s Subdivision of Spring Park Lots’ subdivision in 1884, well before local <br />zoning codes were in effect and the applicants purchase; and <br /> <br />c. The variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality.” <br /> <br />The immediate neighborhood consists of similarly sized lots. The single family <br />residence with associated amenities on a single lot in this neighborhood is not <br />inconsistent with the character of the surrounding neighborhood. Lots surrounding <br />Property are all similarly within Hardcover Tier 2. <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 residence is an allowed use in the LR-1C <br />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.” The lot area, lot width, setback, hardcover and <br />lot coverage standards applying to the Property are similar to those of other properties in <br />the neighborhood, and there are many similar sized developed lots in the neighborhood. <br /> <br />9. “The conditions do not apply generally to other land or structures in the district in which the <br />land is located.” T The standards applicable to the Property apply to all other properties in