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EXHIBIT * 3 JARIANCES VIA INDIVIDUAL LOT MERIT - LOTS IN SEWERED AREAS There exists numerous zoning file cases that evidence the Council's meticulous and judicious application of the zoning standards but one stands out as being recent and similar to the current application. By resolution * 1719 granting the following variances to music pal zoning code section 10.25, subdivision 6 (B) the council appeac!d to establish the reasonable procedure of approving lots on individual merit. It approved lots that (1) were at least 55' in width anti (2; were 77% of the required square footage, and (3) were in sewered LR-1C single family lakeshore residential zoning districts. The Council noted uniquely important detail such as the property is consiste-•` in area with other developed lots and approximates the narrowest lots in the neighborhood. In summary, the Council acted on the following Planning Commission findings: a) No available land on either side of property. b) The property is sewered and watered. c) Additional variances would not be needed. d) No negative effects on public health, safety, and welfare. e) The variance is consistent with the area's development. f) No future need for hardcover and setback variances. g) The conditions of the land in question are peculiar to such property or immediately adjoining property. h) The conditions do not apply generally to ether land in district. i) Granting of the application is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of a substantial property right of the applicant. j) Granting the variances will not in anyway impair the health. safety, comfort, morals, or in any other respect be contrary to the intent of the Zoning Code. k) Granting of the proposed variances will not merely serve as a convenience to the applicant, but is necessary to alleviate demonstrable hardship or difficulty. The City Council is to he commended for acting in keeping with the spirit and intent of the Zoning Code and CoW,rehensive Plan of the City. Without including unnecessary detail at this point. suffice it to any th^ Council's Conclusions, Orders and Conditions were appro- priately comprehensive and considered.