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3. The property contained an existing residence foundation and detached garage originally <br />built in 1950, whicii vv,os dc itroycd by fire in 1998, leaving only the foundation and a <br />detached garage. <br />4. The Orono Planning Commission reviewed this application on Januarj- 22, 2003 <br />and recommended approval of the lot area vaiiance and denial of the lot coverage by <br />structures variance by a vote of 6 to 0. The Planning Commission made the following <br />finding of fact; <br />5. <br />6. <br />A.The lot area of 0.37 acres is sufficient to allow reconstruction on the site, <br />where a residence has previously existed for many years. <br />B.Removal of the existing foundation and building a new residence is new <br />construction requiring that all lot standards must be met. <br />C.There is insufllcient hardship to support the requested lot coverage by <br />structures variance. The need for extra storage and lack of land to combine <br />suggested by the applicant as a hardship, can be ameliorated by downsizing <br />the design of the residence to meet the required lot coverage by structure <br />limit.iti ?n. Furthermore, while the land adjacent to the subject property is a <br />plattcv! alley, the City does not intend to vacate it. <br />The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this property are peculiar to it <br />and do not apply generally to other property in this zoning district; that granting the <br />variances will not adversely aflect traffic conditions, light, air. nor pose a fire hazard <br />or other danger to neighboring property; would not merely scr\ e as a convenience to <br />the applicants, but is necessary to alleviate a demonstrable hardship or difficulty; is <br />necessary' to prcser\ e a substantial property right of the applicants; and would be in <br />keeping w ith the spirit and intent of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan of the <br />Citv. <br />The City Council has considered this application including the findings and <br />recommendations of the Planning Commission, reports by City Staff, comments by <br />Uie applicants and the eltect of the proposed variances on the health, safety and <br />welfare of the communitv. <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />Mt