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u EXHIBIT * 4 A DENIAL OF THIS REQUEST VIOLATES MY CIVIL AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS I:. the past few years numerous property owners have received permits to expand existing homes and build new homes on sub -standard lots in the area in which I live: Next door to me there are three single family residenses on a 75' lot - the owner was given a permit to add more living space and hardcover. Down the street a few houses, a new house just went up on a 60' lot and next door to that a sidelot setback of 3.1' was OK. There are literally dozens of these situations recorded in Orono since the new zoning codes went into effect in 1975. Why? Because the City Council, in a defensive move to counter an IDS initiative to build high density housing in the Navarre area adopted overly stringent zoning laws in the area. Here are some of the results since that 1975 action: VARIANCES GRANTED IN ... Width: Area: Resolution * 1246 40% 10% Resolution * 1246 40% 7% Resolution * 1719 45% 23% Resolution * 1670 29% 40% Resolution * 1718 39% 31% Setback: 15%/40% Staff, in considering an application in the Shady -wood flat, stated: "staff would suggest that minimum realistic lakeshore lot sizes in LR-IC range from 55% to 75% of 1/2 acre" or .27 to .37 acres. In summary, almost all the remodeling and building permits issued in the area I live in were granted using a variety of variances, variances in lot width, areas, setbacks, hardcover, etc. To deny me the same consideration and freedoms is arbitrary, capricious and wrongful, a deliberate abuse of discretionary power, resL:lting in an unnecessary hardship and inequitable treatment.