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4. <br />5. <br />wetland map and allowing the lot to be buildable. His recommendations include <br />expansion of the drainage easement to the 1012' elevation contour, which further <br />reduces the buildable envelope; future City expansion ofponding to the west ofihe <br />ditch easement to provide water quality and rate control benefits; and the lowest <br />floor elevation to be no lower than elev. 1014.0'. <br />g) The City ’s wetlands consultant, has indicated he believes there is currently no <br />wetland basis to deny buildability of the site, since the filling occurred long before <br />the Wetland Conservation Act went into effect in 1992. The former wetland would <br />not be required to be restored under WCA lules nor under current City ordinances. <br />The area not delineated as wetland contains many mature trees. A driveway access <br />could be established to sen e tlic site without encroaching the delineated wetland or <br />the existing/proposed drainage easements. <br />h) Construction of a single family residence on the site must be subject to appropriate <br />conditions to provide reasonable assurance that development of the site will have <br />minimal impacts on drainage in the neighborhood and be minimally impacted by <br />drainage from the neighborhood. <br />The City Council has considered this application including the findings and <br />recommendations of the Planning Commission, report.s by City staff, comments by the <br />applicants and the public, and the effect of the proposed variance on the health, safety and <br />welfare of the community. <br />Tlie City Council finds tliat the conditions existing on this properly are peculiar to it and do <br />not apply gcticrally to other properly in this zoning district; tliat granting the variance would <br />not adversely affect traffic conditions, light, air nor pose a fire hazard or other danger to <br />neighboring property, would not merely serve as a convenience to the applicants, but is <br />necessary to alleviate a demonstrable hardship or difficulty; is neccssar>- to prcser\e a <br />substantial property right of the applicants; and would be in keeping with the spirit and <br />intent of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan of the City. <br />Page 3 of7 <br />i