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4. <br />5. <br />a. The lot is an existing lot of record created prior to adoption of the <br />current Zoning Ordinance standards. <br />b. The existing residence has existed on the lot since 1956. <br />c. The applicant’s proposed plan meets all other standards established <br />under the Zoning Ordinance including hardcover, setbacks, and <br />structural coverage. <br />The City Council has considered this application including the finding.' <br />and recommendation of the Planning Commission, reports by City staff, <br />comments by the applicants and the public, and the effect of the proposed <br />variances on the health, safety and welfare of the community. <br />The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this property are <br />peculiar to it and do not apply generally to other property in this zoning <br />district; that granting the variances wou.J not adversely affect traffic <br />conditions, light, air nor pose a fire hazard or other danger to neighboring <br />property; would not merely serve as a convenience to the applicants, but is <br />necessary to alleviate a demonstrable hardship or difficulty; is necessary to <br />preserve a substantial property right of the applicants; and would be in <br />keeping with the spirit and intent of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive <br />Plan of the City. <br />CONCLUSIONS, ORDER AND CONDITIONS <br />Based upon one or more of the above findings, the Orono City Council hereby <br />grants variances to Orono Municipal Zoning Code Section 78-330 (B) to allow a new <br />residence to be constructed on a lot which is 0.61 acres or 26,925 square feet in area <br />when the zoning district requires 1 acre or 43,560 square feet, and which also has a lot <br />width of 67.5 feet at the shoreline and 107.5 feet at the 75 foot setback when 140 feet is <br />normally required, subject to the following conditions; <br />1.Council approval is based on the site plan submitted by the applicant and <br />annotated by City staff, attached to this Resolution as Exhibit A. Any <br />amendments to the site plan which are not in conformity with City codes will <br />require further Planning Commission and City Council review . <br />Page 2 of 6