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City of ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />NO. <br />i. Applicant has provided testimony from an adjacent neighbor, <br />from the applicant's builder, from the former City Administrator, <br />and from the Councilman who made the motion of variance approval <br />on July 24, 1975, that the intent of the Council was to require <br />that only the superstructure be removed, allowing the basement to <br />remain as it guest. house. <br />8. The ca.Din (or first story) of the structure was removed in <br />1975, leaving the basement portion, which the applicant has <br />maintained and used as a guest house sinc^ that time. <br />9. The Orc•no Planning Commission reviewed this application on <br />rune 17, 1985, October 21, 1985, and November 18, 1985 and <br />ecommende�. approval of the conditional use permit and variances <br />based on tt.e following findings: <br />a) Ty-e affidavits and letters submitted by the applicant <br />are sufficient to indicate that the intent of the Council in <br />1974 and 1975 was to allow the structure to remain as a <br />guest house. <br />b) Nc neighbors have voiced opposition to the quest house <br />use or to the structure as it currently exists. There is no <br />record of complaints about the past guest house use. <br />c) The structure is partially non -conforming in that it <br />extends approximately 3' into the 75' setback zone. <br />d) The intended use as a guest house will not be detri.- <br />mental to the neighborhood, nor will it pose a threat to <br />health safety or welfare or threaten the surrounding pro- <br />perties, nor will it depreciate surrounding property values, <br />and the use as a quest house is in keeping with the intent <br />and objectives of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan. <br />e) The variances necessary to be granted are sufficiently <br />miner so as to justify allowing the structure to remain as a <br />guest -iouse. The following variances are required. <br />1. L.ot area - 2.0 acres required for guest house in 1 <br />acre zone; existing lot area = 0.65 acres; variance = <br />1,35 acres (10.20, Subd. 3 (G',). <br />2. Hardcover in 0-" ' setback zone - 52 s.f. = 1%; 0• <br />allowed (10.22, Subs. 2, 10.55 Subd. 8). <br />3. Strurture in 0-7 5' zone; none allowed (10.22, Suhd. <br />2, 10.55. Subd. 8). <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />