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#912 Gordon Hedlund Page 3 June 3, 1985 7. Sewer - Municipalsewerservesthe property. Both lots were assessed for footage and the easterly lot was charged one sewer unit . Water is not available to the property. 8. City's History of Action on Similar Lots - Please review Exhibit H. In the one -acre zone, the Council has consistently approved separate lots of approximately 0.4 acres or greater as bui Idable sites. In a case very similar to this one, the Fisk application, the Council denied bui ldabi lity on a lot 10, 762 square feet in area, but prior to that had approved bui ldabilityof a 10,000 square foot tot partly due to the fact that it had recently be(-, served with and assessed for sewer. In the half -acre zone, the Council has granted approval .:o rebui ld on lots f rom 6, 237 - 11 , 296 square feet where there was an existing house, and the owner had a substantial property right based on the existing structure. The smallest vacant lot approved for a building site in the half -acre zone was 12,870 square feet. After reviewing this application at their May meeting, Planning o-m i scion recommended denial based on the following findings: 1. Lot does not follow the neighborhood pattern of existing development, being smaller than 91% of the developed lots within 1000' of the property. 2. Unsafe county road access. 3. Applicant had forewarning that lots :nay be unbuildable prior to his purchase. 4. Bt.-)ial is consistent with pact denials on vacant sut,s* andard lots of this size. 5. Property ould be combined with adjacent E;roperties to the east -)r south, both of which are substandard in area. b. Intent of the application is contrary to the letter and intent of the Orono Comprehensive Plan. 7. Granting of the variance would set an adverse precedent in the City. 8. The property falls too short of the zor.ina standards to justify granting of the varianov.