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City of ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />NO. <br />C) The parking area will be separated from the county road <br />improvements by approximately 101,these improvements consist of 1 <br />1/2' wide bituminous/curve, sidewalk, and boulevard area. <br />D) The County will provide a 1 1/2' buffer so that cars will <br />not extend out over the walkway adjacent to the north and east <br />lot lines of the Super Valu parking lot. <br />E) The loss of some 8,127 s.f. of parking lot area has created <br />a major hardship for the applicant. The need for the setbacks <br />has I -,(-en created not by a more intense use of the property, but <br />by G ublic safety need to improve the intersections of 15 and 19 <br />in Navarre. <br />4. The City Council has considered this application 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 on 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 would <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 />CONCLUSIONS, ORDER AND CONDITIONS <br />Based upon <br />one or more of the findings noted above, the Orono <br />City Council hereby <br />grants variances to Municipal Zoning <br />Code Section <br />10.61, Subdivision <br />3 (E), Section 10.42, Subdivision <br />7 (D) <br />and Section <br />10.61, Subdivision 5 <br />(B) permitting the relocation of a <br />pylon <br />sign locate <br />3' off the street right-of-way requiring approval of a <br />7' or <br />70% variance <br />and the realignment <br />of parking areas adjacent to County <br />Roads <br />15 and 1 9 set <br />0' from the lot line <br />rather than the required 20' <br />requiring a 100% <br />variance, subject to <br />the following conditions: <br />1. Applicant is hereby advised that if the existing sign is to be <br />relocated or a new sign installed within the substandard setback area <br />that this must be atl.roved by the City prior to the installation. <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />