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City of OR,ONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NO.-f WHEREAS, the City Council is charge3 with the responsibility of enforcing the Orono Zoning Code in order to promote the intents and purposes thereof including the preservation of the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Orono; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that based upon all the testimony and memoranda submitted by the applicants, his agents, the neighbors adjacent thereto and their agents, and by City staff, the City Council grants the variances as noted hereinafter for the following; reasons: I. FI-QINGS OF FACT 1. Tnat Jack F.hode's lot, commonly known as 1410 Bohns Point Road, is a lot of record existing upon January 1, 1975, under single separate ownership in an LR-1B use district. 2. A cabin existed on this lot until 1974 or 1975 and that all remains of the cabin were not removed until after Rhode acquired the lot in 1976. The cabin had been located in the northeast corner of the lot, within 30 feet of the shoreline. 3. The lot does riot meet the minimum requirements of the Zoning Cod- as to area and width for a single family dwelling in an LR-13 use district. a) The lot is 29,660 square feet in area, based upon the sur-._-y of Gary L. Gabriel, dated April 13, 1980. b) The lot is 107 feet in width at the rear and 130 feet in width along the shoreline. c) The area and width are not within 80% of the minimum roquirerients and therefore Council approval of a variince is net23e-3 be' -,--,re a simile fami',.v dwelling can be constructed thereon. 4. Th(_• lot is isolate(l from -)ther undeveloped land. I` is surroun.:•-d on all aides by lakeshore or by lots containin i exi tin; 3iny1N family dwellings. ,3) Th•: lot is ther,�f')re ur,i_.i•.:c. anJ the general coriolti,na of the lot ara:: Pt"-, A. to such prr)perty. b) Ther- i i n,3 lanai which could be added t.he lo* 3-e' .-f.-nfo rmity of this