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GITYof ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NO. 8 6 4.^_____ j.The Orono Planning Commission reviewed this application on August 21, 1995, and recommended approval of certain requested variances and denial of other requested variances based upon the following findings: B. The lot area and lot width variances should be granted since a residence already exists on the property and no additional land is available for purchase by the applicant to make the lot area and width more conforming. The proposed variance to allow construction of a deck in the 0-75 ’ lakeshore setback zone should be denied because no adequate hardship has been justified to support such a variance. The removal of the existing residence and deck area affords cver>' opportunity and ability to construct a residence and deck meeting the required 75' lakeshore setback, and the relative location and current use of the residence structure on the adjacent property do not provide sufficient hardship to Justify the granting of the requested lakeshore setback variance. The average lakeshore setback variance Ls Justified based on the location of the adjacent house to the north which is extremely distant from ihe lake and therefore creates an average setback line which would force applicant's proposed residence to be similarly distant from the lakeshore, resulting in not one but two residences out of character with the general residential development in the neighborhood. The applicant has proposed to remove the existing detached garage which is 0. r from the south side line and move that garage to a location meeting all setback requirements. The requested variances to allow a side setback of 9.5' on both the north and south side lot lines where a 10' side setback is nonnally required, are Justified by the elimination of the existing 1.6' south side setback by replacing that structure with a new structure meeting 95% of the required setback instead of the existing 16%, and said setback variances are further Justified by the negative impact on room sizes and house layout if the variances are not granted, and the improved location of the residence in relation to lot lines provides further overall Justification for the setback variances. 1 Page 2 of 7