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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that based upon one or more of the findings noted above, the City Council of the City of Orono hereby denies the requests for rezoning and a Comprehensive Plan amendment on a vote of 5 to 0 based on the following findings of fact: FINDINGS 1. 2. 3. The applicant had submitted a request for rezoning the property from RJR-IB two acre rural residential to R-IA one acre residential. The rezoning of the property requires a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to allow the property to be developed at greater than two acre density. The application was part of an rt for a 49 lot subdivision and a conditional use permit to permit the property to develop as a Planned Residential Development. The property contains a total of 58.43 acres of land, with 51.89 acres being dry buildable. 4. 5. On May 23, 1988 the City Council adopted Comprehensive Plan Amendment #2. Amendment 2 was a result of a land use study along the Highway 12 corridor. The area east of Old Crystal Bay Road, north of Highway 12, south of County Road 6 and west of Willow Drive was guided for two acre density single family homes. The Comprehensive Plan states the wetlands and natural vegetation in the area provide an excellent transition between the more intense use planned for the south and single family 2-acre to the north. Utilizing this as a break, the area to the north will remain at the 2-acre rural residential standard. Rezoning the property would not provide an alternative housing style or provide for a housing need not being met. This plan appears to provide the types of housing that would be provided under the existing zoning. Page 2 of 4