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a. The property has a total area of 0.71 acre and 132* of lot width. b. A hardship e.xists with respect to dri% eway hardcover due to the nature and location of the shared driv eway and the inability to park vehicles along County Road 15. 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. e. The combination of 2 lots with a total lot size of 0.71 acre is typical of lots in the immediate neighborhood. f. A single family residence can be constructed on the property without the need for further variances. 4. 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. 5. The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this property are peculiar to it and do not apply generally to other property 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 neighboring property; would not merely serve as a convenience to the applicants, but is necessary to alleviate a demonstrable hardship or difficulty; is necessary to preserve a substrjitial property right of the applicants; and would be in keeping with the spirit and intent of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan of the Citv. CONCLUSIONS, ORDER AND CONDITIONS Based upon one or more of the above findings, the Orono City Council hereby grants a variance to Orono Municipal Zoning Code Section 78-282 and 78-305 Subdivision B to allow construction of a new residence on the 0.71 acre property and hardcover level within the 75*-250* setback to be at 35.7% where 25% is normallv allowed, subject to the follow ing conditions: Page 2 of 5