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1. <br />2. <br />FINDINGS <br />This application was reviewed as Zoning File #2403. <br />The property is located in the LR-IA Zoning District, where 2 acres is the <br />minimum lot area. The property consists of .72 acre or 31,661 sq. ft. <br />3.The Orono Planning Commission reviewed this application on September 21, <br />1998 and recommended approval by a vote of 6 to 0. <br />4. The Planning Commission made the following findings of fact: <br />A. The lot area does not meet the 2 acre minimum requirement, <br />B. The lot measures 110 ft. deep and does not meet the required street or <br />lakeshore setbacks. <br />C. The lot is impacted by steep topography including a bluff in the <br />lakeshore yard. <br />D. The proposed improvements are compatible with the architectural style <br />of the existing structure. <br />E. Raising the structure 4' and cut and filling with a net increase of 15 <br />cubic yards of fill will not have a significant impact on lakeviews or lake <br />quality. <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 variances 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 preser\'e a substantial <br />property right of the applicants; and would be in keeping with the spirit and <br />inient of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan of the City. <br />Page 2 of 5