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City of ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />NO. <br />�ity Council has considered this application <br />including the findings and recommendations of the Planning <br />Commission, reports by City staff, comments by the applicant <br />and the effect of the proposed variance on the health, <br />safety and welfare of the community. <br />5. The City Counci 1 finds that the conditions existing on <br />this property are peculiar to it and do not apply generally <br />to 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 to <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 />CONCLUSIONS, ORDER AND CONDITIONS <br />Based upon one or more of the findings noted above, the <br />Orono City Council hereby grants variances to Municipal Zoning <br />Code Section 10.22, Subdivisions 1 and 2 to permit the <br />construction of a room addition on the lake side of the house, <br />which addition will encroach 8' past the defined average Lake- <br />shore setback line where no encroachment is normally allowed, and <br />which addition will result in hardcover in the 75-250' zone in <br />the amount of 34.51% where only 25% hardcover is normally <br />allowed, subject to the following conditions: <br />1. Hardcover in the 75-250' zone shall not exceed 34.51% <br />per the survey/site plan and hardcover documentation <br />attached to this resolution as Exhibit A. The applicant is <br />placed on notice that any proposals for future hardcover on <br />the property will not be approved, but might be approved <br />only in conjunction with concurrent removals of pre-existing <br />hardcover resulting in no net increase of hardcover on the <br />property. <br />2. The applicant is advised <br />structure in the 0-75' setback <br />conforming structure and subject <br />governing such structures. <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />that the existing shed <br />zone is considered a non - <br />to the pertinent ordinances <br />