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gONO CITY <br /> NO. 7 OF659 ORONO <br /> RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL1 <br /> s F a1L <br /> `lkEsH0�� <br /> FINDINGS OF FACT: <br /> Al. This application was reviewed as Zoning File LA25-000048. The analysis contained <br /> within staff memos and the exhibits attached to the aforesaid memos, all minutes from <br /> the above-mentioned meetings, and any and all other materials distributed at these <br /> meetings are hereby incorporated by reference. <br /> A2. The Property is located in the LR-1 B, One-Family Lakeshore Residential Zoning District. <br /> A3. The Property is within Tier 2 and hardcover is limited to 30% according to the <br /> Stormwater Quality Overlay District, and the Applicant is proposing 29.7% hardcover. <br /> A4. The Applicant applied for a rear setback variance for an addition to an oversized <br /> accessory building for the proposed project. <br /> A5. The proposed addition, on the ground level only, is to provide sufficient interior storage <br /> of boats and trailers too large for the existing garage dimensions. <br /> A6. In considering this application for a variance, the Council has considered the advice and <br /> recommendation of the Planning Commission and the effect of the proposed variances <br /> upon the health, safety and welfare of the community, existing and anticipated traffic <br /> conditions, light and air, danger of fire, risk to the public safety, and the effect on values <br /> of property in the surrounding area. <br /> VARIANCE ANALYSIS: <br /> B1. Variances shall only be permitted when they are in harmony with the general purposes <br /> and intent of the ordinance; the intent of increased setbacks for oversized accessory <br /> buildings is to limit the impacts of massing and to create additional separation between <br /> buildings on adjacent properties. The proposed addition is confined to the ground level, <br /> and is well screened by the existing conditions of the area; and <br /> B2. Variances shall only be permitted when consistent with the comprehensive plan; the <br /> variance to improve and add on to an existing accessory building supporting a <br /> residential use in LR-18 zoning is consistent with the comprehensive plan; and <br /> B3. Variances may be granted when the Applicant for the variance establishes that there are <br /> practical difficulties in complying with the zoning ordinance. `Practical difficulties,' as used in <br /> connection with the granting of a variance, means that: <br /> 2 <br />