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CITY of ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AO. 5 2. Tile property is located in the LR-lA Lakeshore Residential Zoning District requiring two acres in area. The property consists of 8.481 s. f of .19-1 acres. 3. The Orono Planning Commission reviewed this application on I:ebruary 22 199-3 and recommended approval of the variances as amended, based upon the following unique findings and hardships: A. Th • property is .19 acres and subject to 2 acre setbacl: standards. 13. The substandard parcel is subject to restrictive lakeshore setbacks at both the north and south sides. C. The property has been approved for sewer and assessed one sewer unit. I). The building/structural footprint has been reduced 168.8 s.1'. and total hardcover on the property has been reduced from 6V(" to 521" 1;. The structure cannot be moved closer to east lot line because of the 931.5 flood plain contour. The Orono Code does not allow excavations or filling within the flood plain. I:. The proposed improvement would be consistent with the recent improvements of older properties within the Nest Ferndale neighborhood. G. Per. Ceil Strauss' letter of Nlarch 20, 1995. the DNR will allow a 20, setback from the ma;.i lake for new construction because of the drainage pattern of the property. 4. The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this property are peculiar to it and do not apply generally to other property in this zoning district; that granting the variances would not adversely af'I'ect traffic conditions, light, air nor pose a fire hazard or other danger to neighboring property: would not merely serve as a convenience to the applicant, but is necessary to alleviate a demonstrable hardship or difficulty; is necessary to preserve a substantial property right of the applicant; and would be in keeping with the spirit and intent of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan of the City. Page2of6