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1) it is at least one acre in size, and the average width of the lot is at '_east 100 feet; and 2) it is either served by public sanitary sewer or meets all the septic system requirements of the City or other governmental body; and 3) it otherwise meets the requirements of this or other applicable ordinances. Under this Code, the Council, at their option, could have granted a lot area variance for a tot of single separate ownership, but the Code again did not specifically discuss an, standards for the separation of con,_ _)nly owned lots. 22. City policy regarding the separation of unsewered, undeveloped substandard, contiguous lots in common ownership was clearly defined by an action of the City Council in 1981, in which the separation of a developed 1.4 acre lot fr--,t:i the adjacent vacant 1.7 acre, 120.3 foot wide vacant lot in the LP -IA 2-acre, 200 foot width, unsewered zone was denied. (Application Nc,. 635, Council action to deny on October 26, 1981, based on: a) lack of demonstrated hardship; b) no as-'tary sewer available; c) insufficient area; d) insufficient wi 23. the 1984 Zoning Code amendments included the addition of Section 1.0.03, Subdivision 6 (C), which prohibited the "transfer or sale of non -conforming, undeveloped lots not served by public sanitary sewer, aligned in a contiguous arrangement, undivided by a public or private road or road easer- rt and under same or common ownership" unless specifically approved by the City Council , or un le , - the resulting lots satisfy the area and width requirements of th .oniaa C__ ie. No performance standards for approval of such transfers )car in the code. At least 13 properties or groups of properties in a situation lar to Ferrells with a high potential for request of similar ances h;-ve been identified within the City of Orono. 25. Since ,anuary 1, 1.975, when the 2 acre RR-lB zoning district became effective, no permits have been issued for new residences on commonly owned substandard lots in the RR-lB district. Of 153 new resid,•nvr� permits issued in the RR-lB district from 1/1/75 to 5/l/86, 145 permits have been issued for conformi.na lots, 7 permits have been issued for substandard lots of record in single separate ownership due to the inability of applicants to combine or acquire additional land to create conforming lots, and 1 permit was issued to demolish and rebuild on a substandard single separate ownership lot where a house was already existing. The City of Orono has consistently denied pe-mi.ts for substandard lots owned in common with adjacent developed in the RR-lB district. Page 7 of 9