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b. The applicants ’ proposed home will meet RR-IB Zoning District standards with regard to hardcover, setbacks and lot coverage, and no variances other than lot area and lot width arc required. c. No additional land is available for acquisition by the applicants to make the property conforming in area or width. d. The property is served with municipal sewer and contains an existing residence. e.The property is located within a small lot neighborhood in the RR-IB Zoning District and is similar in size to many of the lots in this neighborhood. The City Council has considered this application including the findings and recommendation of the Planning Commission, reports by City staff, comments by the applicants and the public, and the effect of the proposed variance on the health, safety and welfare of the community. The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this property arc peculiar to it and do not apply generally to other prt perty in this zoning district; that granting the variance would not adversely affect traffic conditions, light, air nor pose a fire hazard or other danger to neigliboring property; would not merely serve as a convenience to the applicant, but is necessary to alleviate a ’emonstrable hardship or difficulty; is necessary to preserve a substantial property right of the applicant; and would be in keeping with the spirit and intent of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan of the City. CONCLUSIONS, ORDER AND CONDITIONS Based upon one or more of the above findings, the On City Council hereby grants variances to Orono Municipal Zoning Code Section 78-420 Subdivision B to allow a new single family residence to be constructed on a lot 0.56 acre in area and 175’ in width where 2 acres and 200’ are normally required, subject to the following conditions: 1. Council approval is based on the site plan submitted by the applicant and annotated by City staff, attached to this Resolution as Exhibit A. Any Page 2 of 5 liiui