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RESOLUTION NO. 1095 A RESOLUTION APPROVING LOT ARIA, LOT WIDTH AND SIDE SETBACK VARIANCES BUT DENYING LAKES ORE SETBACX OR HARDCOVER VARIANCES FOR HENRY KINGMA"N WHEREAS, the City of Orono is a municipal corporation organizec and existing under the laws of ;:he State of oinnesota; and WHEREAS, the City has adopted zoning and flood _lain managament ordinances pursuant to the authorities and jurisdictions vested in the City by Minnesota Statutes. in order to promote the general public health, safety and welfare and in order to protect the -public interest against the dangers of flooding, flood damage or pollution of natural lakes and wetlands; and WHEREAS, Henry Kinsman has applied for variances from certain of the subject City ordinances for purposes of erecting a new single family residence on a lot located at 1185 Ferndale Road West; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission. and City Council have reviewed said application and the Council makes the following finding of facts: 1. The lot is a single, separately owned parcel of lard containing 49,780 square feet of area, located in the LR-lA Single Family Lakeshore Residential District which district requires 2 acres (87,120 square fe _) of land per residences: Variance requested 37,340 square feet = 43% Section 34.352. 2. The lot is approximately 155 feet wide at its widest point with approximately 135 feet of width at the saoreiiae compared to LR-lA District requirements of 200 foot lot width at the shoreline and at the building site: Variances requested 45 feet = 23% and 65 feet 32% Section 34.352. 3. The applicant proposed a new house design and iocatio:. which includes side yard setbacks of 25 feet _n the east and 29 feet on the west compared to LR-lA Distric requirements of 30 foot side yard setbacks: Variances requested 5 fee;:. 17% and 1 foot = 3% Section 34.332. 4. In addition, the applicant proposed locating ;:he honsc: 55 feet from the Lake Minnetonka shoreline compared to n e minimum lakeshore setback of 75 feet required by both the Zoning and Flood Plain Management ordinances: Variances requested 20 feet = 27% Sections 31.831, 34.201, 34.2?2.