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15. <br />16. <br />use of this property as a marina and endeavor to provide the necessar>' approvals for <br />a viable business operation on the site, the City will not compromise its <br />environmental principals, policies and goals. The public interest in preservation of <br />the natural features of the shoreline far outweighs the rights of an individual property <br />owner to develop a property beyond its capacity and in violation of environmental <br />standards. <br />The granting of the requested variances would be contrary to the provisions of <br />Municipal Zoning Code Section 10.08, Subdivision 3(A) with which the applicants <br />must first comply in order that variances be granted. The Council finds that: <br />A.The essential character of the neighborhood will be altered if the proposed <br />variances are granted and the bluff is removed and parking lot developed. <br />B.The property in question can indeed be put to reasonable use under conditions <br />allowed by official controls, and is currently being put to a reasonable use by <br />virtue of its continued use as a marina. <br />C.The plight of the applicants is created totally by the applicants and^not by <br />circumstances unique to their property nor out of the applicants' control. <br />D.Granting of the proposed vaiiances would appear to serve as a convenience <br />to the applicants and the applicants have not demonstrated a reasonable <br />hardship or practical difficulty acceptable to the City Council. <br />E.The conditions and zoning code limits imposed and existing on this property <br />generally apply to all other land and structures in the zoning district in which <br />this property is located as well as in adjacent residential zoning districts. <br />F.The granting of this application is not necessary for the preservation and <br />enjoyment of a substantial property right of the applicants. <br />In review of the factual findings noted above, the City Council finds that granting of <br />the proposed conditional use permit and variances to allow the destruction of the <br />bluff and development of a parking lot requiring hardcover variances, in addition to <br />Page 6 of 9 <br />I