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r <br />4.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 variance on the health, safety and <br />welfare of the community. <br />5.The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this property are peculiar <br />to it and do not apply generally to other property in this zoning district; that <br />granting the variance would not adversely affect traffic conditions, light, air nor <br />pose a fire hazard or other danger to neighboring property; would not merely <br />serve as a convenience to the applicants, but is necessary to alleviate a <br />demonstrable hardship or difficulty; is necessary to preserve a substantial <br />property right of the applicant; and would be in keeping with the spirit and <br />intent of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan of the City. <br />CONCLUSIONS, ORDER AND CONDITIONS <br />Based upon the above findings, the Orono City Council hereby grants variances <br />to Municipal Zoning Code Sections 10.22, Subdivisions 1 and 2; 10.55, Subdivision 8; and <br />10.56, Subdivisions 16 (C) and (L) to permit the construction of room additions and revisions <br />to the roof structure of the existing house and additions, a portion of which are located in the <br />0-75' lakeshore setback zone where no hardcover or structure is normally allowed, and grants <br />a variance for hardcover in the 75-250' setback zone for hardcover in excess of the 25% <br />normally allowed, and grants a variance for average lakeshore setback encroachment where no <br />such encroachment is normally allowed, subject to the following conditions: <br />1.Hardcover in the 0-75' zone shall not exceed the existing 9.1% as shown on the <br />site plan and hardcover worksheet attached to this resolution as Exhibit A. <br />Hardcover in the 75-250' zone shall not exceed 30.25% as shown on Exhibit A. <br />The hardcover removals necessary to achieve this hardcover level shall be <br />completed prior to the footing inspection for the proposed new construction. <br />Applicant is advised that hardcover on the property exceeds the normal limits, <br />and any future proposal to increase hardcover on the property will likely not be <br />approved, but might be approved only in conjunction with the concurrent <br />removal of pre-existing hardcover, resulting in no net increase or a net decrease <br />in hardcover on the property. <br />Page 3 of 5