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>� - • 4. This area of the city is not sewered nor does the city plan to sewer this area in the foreseeable future under the Comprehensive Sewer Plan. Therefore, any sewer system must be an on site septic system. There already are existing pollu- tion problems because of on site septic systems in the area where Lot 2 is located. Increasing the density in the area would only add to those problems. 5. The current zoning of this district requires a mini- mum lot area of 2 acres (87,120 sq. ft.) and a minimum lot width of 2 0 0 f eet. 6. The subject lot is now zoned RR-1B. 7. Both Lots 1 and 2, as individual sites, lack the required 2 acre area and 200' lot width. 8 . Lot No. 1 is presently an extremely substandard lot and Lot No. 2 is an extremely substandard lot in that both are less than one acre in size and the minimum lot size in this district is two acres. Even if these Lots 1 and 2 were com- bined, they still would represent a substandard lot. Property Lot 2 was sold by Lou Warden on April 10, 1977. 9. These lots are located in a subwatershed that drains • into the creek which leads to Stubb' s Bay of Lake Minnesota which is presently polluted because of the effluent from exist- ing on site septic systems. 10. The Metropolitan Council, Metropolitan Waste Control Commission, Pollution Control Agency and the Department of Natural Resources require at least two acre lots, if not larger, for all on site septic systems. 11. The city in the recent past has required the combina- tion of other substandard lots such as these in the area. As recently as May 27, 1976, individual building sites were denied on Lots 6 and 7 of Block 3 in the Swan Lake Addition. 12. The granting of lot area and width variances in this instance would be adverse to the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Orono, and contrary to Chapter 31.200 et. seq. of the Orono Municipal Code. 13. The applicant has failed to show any unique hardship to justify a variance. There are other substandard lots in the area over which the city has forced combination in the past. Since these lots are presently owned by the same individual or have been owned by the same individual in the past, during which time Chapter 31. 200 et. seq. or provisions similar thereto • were in effect, Chapter 31.200 requires that no building permit be issued for Lot 2.