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City t ORONO <br />RESOLUTION 10F THE CITY COUNCIL <br />NO. <br />11i. The app] icant has not in+ruducc-d any evidence contrar,, <br />to any of the above findings. The applicant asks -For- <br />spccial treatment of his lakeshore property questioning <br />requirt-d lot standardn that prohibit applicants desire to <br />c.onrtroct a residence on a. portion of his property. the <br />applicant's claim that strict interpretation of the code <br />will result in absurd results iAre unfounded. The standards <br />for the development of lakeshore property within the City of <br />Orono are not based on absurd aesthetic whims but on well <br />founded Lanvironmental principles and factual findings <br />repeated throughtout the Municipal Code and the City's <br />Community Management Plan. <br />11. Denial of this appeals application, and therefore thr. <br />inevitable denial. of both subdivision and va.ri.ance <br />applications, does not constitute a taking of property or <br />luss of stAstarntial value because the property has always <br />been one residential building site, all of which has served <br />as rc•gtd red area, yard and open space for the residence <br />which continues to occupy said property. The applicant <br />purchar-ed the property, in 1961 from his father who owned the <br />Tarr-1 ar.d ho u v.v in its present state since 1947, thf- <br />applicant has enjoyed its benefits as a fully conforming <br />residential lot within the LR-1C zoning district for <br />years, and could Lontinue to enjoy the sane benefit rind <br />value withcrt.rt the proposed subdivision of the property. <br />Adopted by the City LOUncil on this 17-th day c-f <br />November , 1904. <br />Al TEST: <br />Dorothy M. Hallin, City Clerk,: Mary C. Butler Mayor <br />Page 5 of 5 <br />