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City of ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />FINDINGS <br />1. These applications have been reviewed as Zoning Files #1000 & <br />1009. <br />2. The property is located in the B-1 Commercial Zoning <br />District. <br />3. The Orono Planning Commission reviewed application #1000 on <br />December 16, 1985 and application #1009 on February 18, 1966, and <br />recommended approval of the multiple variances sought by the <br />applicant based upon the following findings: <br />A) The location, height and size of the directory sign will <br />not impair sighting at the accesses to the shopping center <br />and poses no hazard to the safety of the general public. <br />B) The applicable B-1 zoning L-andards are not compatible <br />with existing shopping center use. <br />C) The specific design of the structure with elongated <br />sides and minimal building area facing the street is unique <br />to this property requiring special signage. <br />D) The highway is curved aline, the street frontage of the <br />property and the two curb cuts at the extreme edges of the <br />property create special signage needs. <br />E) The majority of tenants have direct accesses from <br />building and not via an interior mall requiring special <br />signage needs. <br />4. The City Council has considered this application including <br />the findings and recommendations of the Planning Commission, <br />reports by City staff, comments by the applicant and the effect <br />of the proposed variances on the health, safety and welfare of <br />the community. <br />5. The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this <br />property are peculiar to it and do not apply generally to other <br />property in this zoning district; that granting the variances <br />would not adversely affect traffic conditions, light, air nor <br />pose a fire hazard or other danger to neighboring property; would <br />not merely serve as a convenience to the applicant, but is <br />necessary to alleviate a demonstrable hardship or difficulty; is <br />necessary to preserve a substantial property right of the <br />applicant; and would be in keeping with the spiritand intent of <br />the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan of the City. <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />