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City of ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />4 NO. - -- --- <br />i <br />W ,!� A RESOLUTION GRANTING <br />A VARIANCE AND <br />CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO <br />MUNICIPAL ZONING CODE <br />SECTION 10.20, SUBDIVISION 3(D) <br />AND GRANTING A VARIANCE TO <br />SECTION 10.22, SUBDIVISION 2 <br />FILE #1064 <br />WHEREAS, the City of Orono (hereinafter "the <br />applicant") )-as made formal application for an after -the -fact <br />conditional use permit and variance per Municipal Zoning Code <br />Section 10.20, Subdivision 3(D) to permit the construction of a <br />municipal sewer lift station partially within the right-of-way of <br />Spates Avenue west of Shoreline Drive, and partially within a <br />proposed permanent easement on property located at 1960 Shoreline <br />Drive within the City of Orono, and for a variance to Section <br />10.22, Subdivision 2 to permit additional hardcover on such <br />properties, which hardcover resulted from construction of said <br />lift station; and <br />WHEREAS, the City constructed this lift station as part <br />of the Crystal Bay Sewer Project which was approved by the City <br />Council on April 22, 1985 with Resolution #1747, and approved <br />this final location for the lift station at its July 22, 1985 <br />meeting as part of Change Order #1, Crystal Bay Sewer 1985-1; and <br />WHEREAS, Municipal Zoning Code Section 10.20, <br />Subdivision 3(D) requires that a Conditional Use Permit be <br />obtained for public service structures including lift stations, <br />the granting of such permit subject to the condition that the <br />architectural design of service structures shall be found to be <br />compatible to tl.e neighborhood in which it is to be located and <br />thus will promote the general welfare; and <br />WHEREAS, Section 10.20, Subdiv= lion 3(D) also requires <br />that no public service structure buildinc hall be located within <br />50 feet from any lot line of an abutting lot in an "R" District; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the wording and requirements of Section 10.20, <br />Subdivision 3 (D) have been .. part of the Orono Municipal Code <br />since 1968 or earlier, but these requirements for a formal <br />Conditional Use Perm application and hearing for lift stations <br />have never been formally adhered to since that time; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to the City's application for such a <br />Conditional Use Permit, a public hearing was held by the Orono <br />Planning Commission on August 18, 1986 at which time all comments <br />by interested members of the public were heard. <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />