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City of ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF TH. . ITY COUNCIL <br />NO. <br />11 <br />2. The City of Orono has never approved lot standard <br />variances with subdivisions that create new boi1dinq sites. <br />The conditions upon which the request for a variance to <br />the normal procedural review are based are not unique to the <br />property and appear to apply generally to other property in <br />the area in connie2-ration of the following facts: <br />a) between the Hendrickson Bridge and Coffee Bridge <br />within the LR-1C zoning district the following facts <br />are noted: <br />1. there are 31 lat:eshore residences fronting on <br />Crystal Ray, <br />2. 16 of 31 have been legally combined, <br />3. the average lot size of these 16 lots is . 154 <br />z.crr_•s, <br />4. none of these 1 b 1 ots i f d• -i ded wou1 d meet <br />the zoning standards of the dist.-ict, <br />5. 13 of the 31 are 6C►' wide or less, <br />6. none of the 7.1 could be split and still meet <br />the minimum 1GO lot width standard for each lot, <br />b) A preliminary of the ownership patterns of <br />the LR-IC distri,L (not including the Navarre rrea) <br />shows 16% or 43 properties offer the potential of <br />divisions if City approves similar reque3ts. <br />4. An unusual hardship does not a-ist on the property <br />beca--..e of the following findings: <br />a) "1..- combined property has been used as one single <br />residential unit based on the location of the garage, <br />access drive and sewer line for over 'fi yoars. <br />Page ' of <br />