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OA CITY OF ORONO <br /> Q RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> No. 73113 <br /> -(kESHO' <br /> 3. "Variances may be granted when the applicant for the variance establishes that there are <br /> practical difficulties in complying with the zoning ordinance. 'Practical difficulties,' as used in <br /> connection with the granting of a variance, means that: <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 Applicant's request to permit a connecting addition to the home and upward <br /> expansion of the garage within the rear setback is reasonable and improves the <br /> existing nonconforming setbacks from the rear and side. The level of hardcover <br /> proposed is a reduction from the existing conditions and provides for the required <br /> back up turnaround; the request 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 lot size and the location of the garage and home on the Property were not <br /> created by the Owners; and <br /> c. The variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality." <br /> The requested variances will not result in the home being out of character with the <br /> neighborhood based on the scale and proximity to Shadywood Road. The new <br /> encroachments of the home addition and additional massing resulting from the <br /> second story will not alter the character of the locality. This criterion is met. <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 residential home is an allowed use in the <br /> LR-1C 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 /> 3 <br />