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VI-0 <br /> ilPL <br /> 1 - AiO CITY OF ORONO <br /> RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> y C' NO. 7544 <br /> j. G'�ESH0 -- <br />, a. The property owner in question proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner, <br /> however, the proposed use is not permitted by the official controls. <br /> The request to permit the home addition within the 75-foot setback and average <br /> lakeshore setback appears to be reasonable considering the location of the <br /> existing home, the orientation of the neighboring homes to the lakeshore, and the <br /> existing mature vegetative screening. The request is reasonable. <br /> b. The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to his property not created <br /> by the landowner. <br /> The location of the existing home prevents changes or expansions of the home <br /> consistent with the neighborhood. The proposed overall hardcover level is being <br /> reduced and the addition will not impact the views of the lake from the neighboring <br /> homes. The circumstances are unique to the property. <br /> c. The variance, if granted,-will not alter the essential character of the locality." <br /> The variance is requested to permit the construction of a small addition to the home <br /> designed to minimize impacts on the lake. The project will not create any further <br /> encroachment toward the lake and the location will not impact the neighbor's views <br /> of the lake and will fit the character of the neighborhood according to the submitted <br /> information. <br /> 4. "Economic considerations alone do not constitute practical difficulties." Economic <br /> considerations have not been a factor in the variance approval determination. <br /> 5. "Practical difficulties also include but are not limited to inadequate access to direct sunlight <br /> for solar energy systems. Variances shall be granted for earth-sheltered construction as <br /> defined in Minn. Stat. § 216C.06, subd. 2, when in harmony with Orono City Code Chapter <br /> 78." This condition is not applicable. <br /> 6. "The board or the council may not permit as a variance any use that is not permitted under <br /> Orono City Code Chapter 78 for property in the zone where the affected person's land is <br /> located." This condition is not applicable; improvements to a single-family home are <br /> allowed within in the LR-1 B district. <br /> 7. "The board or council may permit as a variance the temporary use of a one-family dwelling <br /> as a two-family dwelling." This condition is not applicable. <br /> 8. "The special conditions applying to the structure or land in question are peculiar to such <br /> property or immediately adjoining property." The subject property is encumbered by an <br /> 3 <br />