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r <br />1. <br />2. <br />3. <br />4. <br />FCSDCSGS <br />This application was reviewed as Zoning File #2032. <br />The property is located in the LR-IB, Lakeshore Residential Zoning District <br />requiring 1 acre in area. The property consists of 30,634 s.f. or .7 acres. <br />The Orono Planning Commission reviewed this application on July 17, 1995, and <br />recommended approval of the variances as proposed based upon the following <br />unique findings and hardships: <br />A. Original privacy fencing had existed on property for over 18 years. <br />B Applicants’ desire for privacy fence due to location of the residence to <br />roadway at south and public alley to the east. <br />C. Sloping topography adjacent to Rest Point Road places both road and <br />house at the same elevation. <br />D.Need to minimize impact of car lights, etc. from nearby driveways and <br />public roadway. <br />E.Majority of homeowners within the area support privacy fencing and its <br />proposed height and location and have submitted a written petition <br />notifying City of this approval. <br />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 property <br />right of the applicants; and would be in keeping with the spirit and intent of the <br />Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan of the City. <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />. II im ini I