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1 , ' �O � � • O O ' ��b. - CITY of ORONO ,� �, - ti �� G'�' RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL ��sxo4`'� No. 4 � 2 g � 2. The property is located in the LR-1C, One Family Lakeshore Residential Zoning • - District where %z acre is the minimum lot size and 100' is the minimum lot width. 3. The Orono Planning Commission reviewed this application on May 20, 2002 and � recommended approval on a vote of 7 to 0 for the variances based upon the following findings: . A. The Council adopted Resolution No. 4264 approving variances to permit an expansion of the existing house on April 12, 1999. B. The approvals granted within Resolution No. 4264 expired one year from � the date of adoption (April 12, 2000). C. The property owners hired a contractor to replace and repair the existing • roof of the structure. While repairing the roof, the existing roofline was expanded within the average lakeshore setback and within 75' of the lakeshore. Since the expansion occurred, an after-the-fact renewal was required to permit the property owners to proceed with the project. D. Staff informed the Planning Commission the City of Orono would have issued a building permit for this project if the expansion had occurred within one year of the variance approval. Normally the City� will issue a permit to do a project that has been modified when it is found the proposed building plan is of less impact than the approved plan. E. The expansion of the dormers will not raise the roof level of the house. The 1999 approved plans raised the roof level approximately 6.5'. F. The property conditions have not changed and there have been no code revisions since the adoption of the variances in 1999. 4. The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this property aze peculiar to it and do not apply generally to other property in this zoning district; that granting the variances would not adversely affect traffic conditions, light, air nor • Page 2 of 5