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�o1V CITY OF ORONO <br /> RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> l'� Q NO. 7336 <br /> t�&ESHOR� <br /> NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of Orono, Minnesota <br /> hereby approves the requested variances as amended and described above based on one or <br /> more of the following findings of fact concerning the Property: <br /> FINDINGS OF FACT: <br /> 1. This application was reviewed as Zoning File #LA22-000055. The analysis contained <br /> within staff memos and the exhibits attached to the aforesaid memos, all minutes from the <br /> above mentioned meetings, and any and all other materials distributed at these meetings <br /> are hereby incorporated by reference. <br /> 2. The Property is located in the LR-1 C One Family Lakeshore Residential Zoning District. <br /> 3. The Property contains 0.52 acres in area and has a defined lot width of 100 feet. <br /> 4. The Property is within Tier 1 and hardcover is limited to 25% according to the Stormwater <br /> Quality Overlay District. <br /> 5. Applicant has applied for the following variances: <br /> a. Hardcover Variance <br /> b. Average Lakeshore Setback Variance <br /> c. 75-foot Lake Setback Variance <br /> 6. In considering this application for variance, the Council has considered the advice and <br /> recommendation of the Planning Commission and the effect of the proposed variance <br /> upon the health, safety and welfare of the community, existing and anticipated traffic <br /> conditions, light and air, danger of fire, risk to the public safety, and the effect on values <br /> of property in the surrounding area. <br /> ANALYSIS: <br /> 1. "Variances shall only be permitted when they are in harmony with the general purposes <br /> and intent of the ordinance . . . ." The variances for expansion of non-conforming building <br /> within the average lake setback and the 75-foot lake yard setback are supported by <br /> practical difficulties. The established 75-foot lake yard construction prohibitions are <br /> intended to maintain the natural lakeshore and encourage development away from the <br /> lake.Additionally, the goal of the average lakeshore setback regulations is to protect views <br /> of the lake from neighboring homes. The requested variances to expand the volume of <br /> the existing home were designed to utilize the existing home footprint while maintain open <br /> space on the lakeside to reduce the lakeward mass and to preserve views for the <br /> 2 <br />