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C,ity of ORONO RFSOLUTiON OF THE CITY COUNCIL NO. GRANTING VARIANCES TO N'TNICIPAL ZONING CODE SECTIONS 34.552 - FILE 761 Whereas, Dou,jlas H. Smith (hereafter "applicant") is the owner of a property located at 3237 Casco Circle within the City of Orono (hereafter "City") and legally described as follows: Lot 1R, Spring Park, also all the land including the vacated highway, Lake Shore Drive, lying between the Northeasterly line of said lot and the shore of Lake Minnetonka and between the Northw-sterly and Southeasterly lines of said Lot 18 extended Northeasterly to said lake shore, and being part of Government Lot 6, Section 20, Township 117 North, Range 23 West of the Sth Principai Meridian, and also indicated on the plat t aid Spring Park, (hereafter "property"); and Whereas, :he :pp.Licant has applied to the City for variances to municipal zoning code section 34.552 to permit ' he construction of a new residence on a property Lhat is 15,748 squ- re feet in area or 7*7t of the minimum area required of 21,780 square feet or half acre and the width of the property is 55 feet or 55% of the required iOo feet of lot width. Minnesota: Now, Therefore Be It Resolved by the City Council of Orono, FINDIkUS 1. This application was reviewed as zoning file No. 161. 2. The property is located in the LR-lC Single Family Lakeshore Residential 2,-ning District. ?. The property was in common ownership with contiguous lot 16 arA 17, Spring Park prior to 1957 through 1977 when the applicant purchased the property. Lots i5 and 17 are now l eg a', ly combined. 4. Section 31.202 of the Municipal Zoning Code provides for development cf lots of record held in separate ownership since prior to the effective date of the zoning regulation, provided a lot of record mr-ets P01 of the required lot areA and lot. widt.h. 5. The City Cnt►rncil har; always required that when two or more lots orn nwr►erl in common, each lnt must. individually