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CITY OF ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NO. 7296 3 district. The applicant has designed the proposed addition to use the limited building envelope available on the Property; and c. The variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality.” The variances are requested in order to permit additions to the existing home designed to fit the character of the neighborhood. The proposed project will improve the character of the area by removing an existing building improvement from the roadway. 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 residential building improvements are allowed in the LR-1B 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 Property’s substandard size and orientation with respect to Elmwood Avenue, and the adjacent properties create difficulties which also apply to many of the properties in the same neighborhood. 9. “The conditions do not apply generally to other land or structures in the district in which the land is located.” The Property’s substandard size and orientation with respect to the Elmwood Avenue create difficulties which also apply to many of the properties in the same neighborhood. However the existing home location is unique to the Property. 10. “The granting of the application is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of a substantial property right of the applicant.” Granting setback variances are necessary for the preservation of the property rights of the owners. 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