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Cl tv <br />City of ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />NO. 2194 ___________ <br />FINDINGS <br />1. This application was reviewed as Zoning File #1142. <br />2. The property is located in the B-2 Lakeshore Business Zoning <br />District. <br />3. The Orono Planning Commission reviewed this application listed <br />above and the commercial site plan for the complete restoration of the <br />subject property on May 18, 1987, and recommended a-^proval of the <br />proposed variances based upon the following findings: <br />A) The lot is not deep or large enough to allow structures to <br />meet required setbacks. <br />B) The majority of the property is located within the lakeshore <br />protected area where no hardcover or structure is allowed. <br />C) The property has been used as a commercial marina for over 40 <br />years and was recently rezoned to B-2 in 1975. <br />D) The proposed improvements provide a reduction of 10% in <br />overall hardcover in addition to improving quality of storm water <br />runoff prior to entering lake. <br />E) The majority of improvements provide for a major reduction in <br />hardcover immediately adjacent to shoreline. <br />F) Access to site and parking areas have been greatly improved <br />with a proposed single structure making for a more efficient use <br />of the severely limited land area. <br />4. The City Council has considered this appli’cation including the <br />findings and recommendations of the Planning Commission, reports by <br />City staff, comments by the applicant and the effect of the proposed <br />variances cn the health, safety and welfare of the community. <br />5. The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this <br />property are peculiar to it and do not apply generally to other <br />property in this zoning district; that granting the variances wou.ld <br />not adversely affect traffic conditions, light, air nor pose a fire <br />hazard or other danger to neighboring property; would not merely serve <br />as a convenience to the applicant, but is necessary to alleviate a <br />demonstrable hardship or difficulty; is necessary to preserve a <br />substantial property right of the applicant; and would be in keeping <br />with the spirit and intent of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan <br />of the City. <br />Page 2 of 5