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6, The City Council has considered this application including <br />the findings and recommendations of the Planning Commission, <br />reports by City staff, comments by the applicant and the <br />effect of the proposed variance on the health, safety and <br />welfare of the community. <br />7. The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this <br />property are peculiar to it and do not apply generally to <br />other property in this zoning district; that granting the <br />variance would not adversely affect traffic conditions, <br />light, air nor pose a fire hazard or other danger to <br />neighboring property; would not merely serve as a <br />convenience to the applicant, but is necessary to alleviate <br />a demonstrable hardship or difficulty; is necessary tc <br />preserve a substantial property right of the applicant; and <br />would be in keeping with the spirit and intent of the Zoning <br />Code and Comprehensive Plan of the City. <br />COMCLOSIOIlSr ORDER AND CONDITIONS <br />Based upon the above findings, the Orono City Council hereby <br />grants variances to Municipal Zoning Code Section 10.22, Subdivision <br />2, Section 10.03, Subdivision 9 (E), and Section 10.03, Subdivision 14 <br />(C) to permit the construction of a 24'x32* detached garage located <br />3.3' from the west lot line and 10.5' from the south lot line where <br />normally 15* lot line setbacks would be required, and allowing lot <br />coverage to increase to 17.5% where only 15% lot coverage is normally <br />allowed, and allowing 46.9% hardcover in the 75-250' zone where only <br />25% hardcover is normally allowed, subject to the following <br />conditions: <br />1. Hardcover in the 75-250' zone is approved at level of 46.9%. <br />All existing and proposed hardcover approved with this <br />variance approval is recorded in the calculation worksheet <br />and diagram enclosed with this resolution as page 3. The <br />current property owner and all future owners of the property <br />are placed on notice that hardcover shall not be increased <br />above the currently approved level and any proposed <br />Improvements of the property that would result in additional <br />hardcover in either the 0-75' or 75-250’ zone must be <br />approved by the City. Such approval may result in a <br />requirement for concurrent equivalent or greater removals of <br />Page 4 of 7