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CITY of ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />NO. 327 <br />3. The Planning Commission reviewed this application at a public hearing <br />held on April 18, 2005 and recommended approval of the structural <br />coverage and hardcover variances based on the following findings: <br />a. The applicants' property has 9,580 s.f. or 0.22 acre in area and 50' of <br />width at the shore and 50' of width at the 75' setback. <br />b. No additional land is available for acquisition by the applicants to <br />make the property conforming in area or width. <br />c. There is no available land for acquisition by the applicants to make the <br />structural coverage level conforming. <br />d. The applicants are proposing to add a covered entry porch within the <br />allowed setbacks; no additional living space is proposed. <br />e. Due to the hardcover levels and square footage of structure on the <br />applicants' property any structural additions to the house and/or <br />detached garage or hardcover changes require variances. <br />f. The applicants' are proposing to remove portions of driveway <br />hardcover in conjunction with structural coverage and hardcover <br />variance approvals. <br />g. The lack of a covered entry porch is to some extent a hardship due to <br />the detached garage and the configuration of the house having no <br />overhangs above the main entry. <br />4. The City Council has considered this application including the findings <br />and recommendation of the Planning Commission, reports by City staff, <br />comments by the applicants and the public, and the effect of the proposed <br />variance on the health, safety and welfare of the community. <br />5. The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this property are <br />peculiar to it and do not apply generally to other property in this zoning <br />district; that granting the variance would not adversely affect traffic <br />conditions, light, air nor pose a fire hazard or other danger to neighboring <br />property; would not merely serve as a convenience to the applicants, but is <br />necessary to alleviate a demonstrable hardship or difficulty; is necessary to <br />Page 2 of 5