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i <br />FINDINGS <br />nd and wife, <br />tal Bay Road <br />jws: <br />I County, <br />:es to Municipal <br />lot line where a <br />•%) of hardcover <br />s for removal of <br />%) hardcover in <br />sts to pemiit the <br />iccordance with <br />Orono Planning <br />iring to be beard <br />incil of Oiono, <br />h <br />1. This application was reviewed as Zoning File #2590. <br />2. This property is located in the LR-1C Zoning District, where .5 acre or 21,780 s.f. is <br />the minimum lot area. The property consists of approximately .114 acres or 4,956 <br />s.f. <br />3. <br />5. <br />The Orono Planning Commission reviewed this application on June 19,2000 and <br />recommended approval by a vote of 4 to 0. <br />The Planning Commission made the following findings of fact: <br />A. The structural coverage on the lot is not increasing. <br />B. The 0-75' hardcover on the lot is decreasing to 1,512 s.f. (55.0%) from 1,592 <br />s.f. (57.9%). <br />C. The 75-250' hardcover on the lot is decreasing to 643 s.f. (64.95%) from 707 <br />s.f.(71.4%). <br />D. The existing deck is located partially within the right-of-way of Dakota Rail <br />property. <br />E. The Planning Commission finds that it is beyond the scope of the City’s <br />authority to grant a variance to replace the deck in its current location because <br />part of it encroaches into the Dakota Rail right-of-way. <br />D. The lot is extremely undersized for LR-IC. <br />The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this property are peculiar to <br />it and do not apply generally to other property in this zoning district; that granting <br />the variances would not adversely affect traffic conditions, light, air, nor pose a fire <br />hazaru or other danger to neighboring property; would not merely serve as a <br />convenience to the applicants, but is necessary to alleviate a demonstrable hardship <br />or difficulty; is necessary to preserve a substantial property right of the applicants; <br />Page 2 of 6