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. � ��- . Resolution No. 793 • � RESOLUTION DENYING LOT AREA AND j1TIDTH VARIANCE FOR ROBERT ;JOHI�IISON FOR PROPERTY NOR'IHWEST AND ADJACENT TO TI� PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2237 SHADYWOOD ROAD (PLAT 43620 PARCEL 8200) I�REAS, Robert Johnson has entered into a purchase agreement to purchase `Parcel 8200 adjacent to and northwest of the property located at 2237 Shadywood Road, Orono, Mi.nnesota, and has applied for a lot area and width variance, and �REAS, the Planning Crnnmission has reviewed the application for the variances for lot area and width and has recommended denial of same, and � I�REAS, the City Staff has reviewed the application and has recor►a�nended denial of same, and WI�REAS, the City CoLmcil has reviewed the Planning Commission reco�enda.- tion, the City Staff reco�mnenda.tion and the comments related thereto by Mr. Johnson and the City Staff at a Coimcil meeting of May 23, 1977, � NOW, THEREFORE, the City Coi.mcil of the City of Orono makes the following findings of fact: • 1. Parcel 8200 is only SO feet in width. 2. The Zoning Code rec{uires a minimwn lot width of 100 feet. 3. The original parcel before division (Lot 3) has been assessed only one sewer plant unit charge. . 4. The two parcels '(8000 and 8200) have been assessed only one water unit charge of $580.00 as a single building site. 5. There is only approximately 9,500 sc{uare feet of dry buildable land on Parcel 8200 and the minimwn lot area requirement for a lot in that use district . is 21,780 squa.re feet. ' 6. Parcels 8000 and 8200 adjacent to one another have been Lmder coirgnon ownership since before the division which preceded our current ordinance. 7. In 1977 Mr. Johnson entered into a purchase agreement with the current owner to purchase Parcel 8200. 8. Parcel 8000 is already occupied by a house and wa.s occupied by a house prior to 1967, and is substandard. since it is only 50 feet wide and has an area of only 8,500 sauare feet. ' �