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3. <br />4. <br />District where I acre is the minimum lot size and 140 feet is the minimum lot width. <br />The Planning Commission reviewed the application for variances and recommended <br />approval by a vote of? to 0 based on the following findings and hardships: <br />A. The lot was platted prior to current zoning standards. <br />B.Continued use of the property as residential is consistent with the zoning <br />district and with the development of the surrounding properties. <br />C.The City of Orono had approved variances in 1997 and 1998 to allow <br />complete remodeling and additions to the existing cabin on the property, and <br />approved variances to permit construction of the existing detached garage. <br />D.The restrictions placed on the existing garage has created a very unsafe <br />situation as vehicles backing out of the driveway are blinded from view to <br />oncoming tralTic. Rest Point Road is a very narrow road that has a steep hill <br />immediately west of Rahn’s driveway. <br />E.In October, 1998 (after final review of the 1997 and 1998 variance <br />applications) Jim Hafner, District Technician for the Minnehaha Creek <br />Watershed District, visited the site and made a finding that the area on the <br />property below the 931.5’ elevation was, in fact, not directly connected to the <br />100 year floodplain of Lake Minnetonka. Prior to that the area was believed <br />to be protected and development had occurred around that portion of the <br />property. <br />F.The driveway access to the existing garage would be removed to eliminate a <br />second driveway access to the property. <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 w ill not adversely affect traffic conditions, light, air, nor pose a fire hazard <br />or other danger to neighboring property; would not merely serve as a convenience to <br />the applicants, but is necessary to alleviate a demonstrable hardship or difficulty; is <br />necessary to preserve a substantial property right of the applicants; and would be in <br />keeping with the spirit and intent of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan of the <br />City. <br />Page 2 of 7 <br />V <br />____