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BOAT CITY OF ORONO <br /> RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> ti� �• NO. 7521 <br /> l`�XESH00' <br /> b. The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to his property not <br /> created by the landowner. The lot size, hardcover level, and the location of the <br /> existing improvements on the Property were not created by the owners; and <br /> c. The variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality. The <br /> requested variances will result in the home being out of character with the <br /> neighborhood based on the scale and proximity to the northern lot line and the <br /> lake. The new encroachments resulting from the second story of the home will <br /> create additional massing resulting in further reduction in access to sunlight for <br /> the northern neighbors and may alter the character of the locality. This criterion is <br /> not met. The proposed hardcover reduction provides a benefit to the lake and <br /> will move the Property closer to hardcover compliance. <br /> B4."Economic considerations alone do not constitute practical difficulties." Economic <br /> considerations have not been a factor in the variance approval determination. <br /> B5."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." <br /> This condition is not applicable. <br /> B6."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." <br /> This condition is not applicable, as a residential home is an allowed use in the LR-1 C <br /> District. <br /> B7."The board or council may permit as a variance the temporary use of a one-family dwelling <br /> as a two-family dwelling." <br /> This condition is not applicable. <br /> 88."The special conditions applying to the structure or land in question are peculiar to such <br /> property or immediately adjoining property." <br /> The lot size, home location, and hardcover level are existing conditions that are not <br /> uncommon in the immediate neighborhood. <br /> 4 <br />