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A. The existing lot area is 4.0 acres excluding wetlands, 4.8 acres including <br />wetlands. The applicants property is one of many lots with a lot area just <br />under S acres along Orchard Park Road. The lots east of Orchard Park <br />Road are developed residentially. Relocating the house on this property <br />will not change the use or character of the property. The existing house is <br />located only 20* from the side lot line and 41 ’ from the front property line. <br />B. No setback variances for the new house location are required. <br />C. In 1992 the City of Orono issued a permit for construction of a garage. <br />The garage is the accessory building that would remain on the property <br />following relocation of the house. The building is functional but has not <br />been completed <br />4. 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 />variance will not adversely affect traffic conditions, light, air, nor pose a fire hazard <br />01 other danger to neighboring property; would not merely serve as a convenience to <br />the applicant, but is necessary to alleviate a demonstrable hardship or difficulty; is <br />necessary to preserve a substantial property right of the applicant; and would ^ in <br />keeping with the spirit and intent of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan of the <br />City. <br />5. The City Council has considered this application including the findings and <br />recommendations of the Planning Commission, reports by City Staff, comments <br />by the applicant and the effect of the proposed variances on the health, safety and <br />w'elfare of the community. <br />CONCLUSIONS, ORDER, AND CONDITIONS <br />Based upon one or more of the above findings, the Orono City Council hereby grants <br />a variance to Municipal Zoning Code Section 10.03, Subdivision 9 (A) and (D) to permit an <br />accessory building to remain on the property following removal of the principal building and to <br />permit the building to be located 167 ’ from the fiont property line, closer to the front property line <br />than the principal building, and Section 10.27, Subdivision 5 (B) to permit new construction on a lot <br />containing 4.0 acres exclusive of wetlands in the RR-IA district, where lot area of S.O acres is <br />required. Approval is subject to the following conditions: <br />Page 2 of 6