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Orono Planning Commission Kluth Application for a Conditional Use Permit and/or Variance June 17, 1998 Page 4 of 5 Finally, in Orono City Counsel Resolution No. 2444 (Attachment J, November, 1988), the applicant (Norwest Bank, as trustee) was granted a variance and a conditional use permit for a guest house above a detached garage. As you can see from the foregoing examples, the existence of a bathroom in a detached building, whether it be designated a “guest house” or not, has been granted in situations which required greater deviation from City Ordinances and City Counsel Resolutions than would be required in the present application. We therefore view our request as fitting within the four comers of past precedeent. The Present Application is a Direct Result of a Hardship By preserving the drainage valley, we have incurred a hardship: the need for a detached building rather than an attached building. Had we added on to our home, we could have potentially created drainage problems, or our addition may have been demed because of the potential drainage problems. By choosing to build a detached building, we now have a safety and convenience issue: the need for a small bathroom. To ameliorate this hardship, and to allow us full use and enjoyment of our land wWle preserving the overall quality of the land, we ask for this variance and conditional use permit. We do not believe that the granting of this variance and conditional use permit will run against prior City Counsel precedent or run against the zoning and planning ordinances of the City of Orono. We respectfully request the granting of our request. Please contact me if you require any further information. I can be reached at home at 449-0959 (voice), 449-8918 (dedicated fax), or at work at 373-6904 (voice), 339-3061 (fax). Very truly yours. • • Daniel J. Kluth Attachments ' 7