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1) it is at least one acre in size, and the average width of the lot is at least 100 feet; and 2) it is either served by public sanitary sewer or meets all the septic system requirements of the City or other governmental body; and 3) it otherwise meets the requirements of this or other applicable ordinances. Under this Code, the Council, at their option, cot' i have granted a lot area variance for a lot of single separate ownership, but the Cod! again did not specifically discass any standards for the separation of commonly owned lots. 22. City policy regarding the separation of unsewered, undeveloped substandard, contiguous lots in common ownership was clearly defined by an action of the City Council in 1981, in which the separation of a developed 1.4 acre lot from the adjacent- vacant 1.7 acre, 120.3 foot wide vacant lot in the LR-lA 2-acre, 200 foot width, unsewered zone was denied. (Application No. 635, Council action to deny on October 26, 1981, based on: a) lack of demonstrated hardship; b) no sanitary sewer available; c) insufficient area; d) insufficient width. 23. The 1984 Eoning Code amendments included the addition of Section 10.03, Subdivision 6 (C), which prohibited the "transfer or sale of non -conforming, undeveloped lots not. served by puiDlic sanitary sewer, aligned in a contiguous arrangement., undivided by a public or private road or road easement and under same or common ownership" unless specifically approved by the City Council, or unless the resulting lots satisfy the area and width requirements of the Zoning Code. No performance standards for approval of such transfers appear in the code. 24. At least 13 properties or groups of properties in a situation similar to Ferrel.ls with a high potential for request of similar variances have been i�lenti.f.ied within the City of Orono. 25. Since January 1, 1975, when the 2 acre RR -IS zoning district became effective, no permits have been issued for new residences on commonly owned substandard lots in the RR -In listrict. Of 153 new residence permits issued in the RR-1F district: from 1/ '5 to 5/1/86, 145 pern it s have been i ssuc:d for conforming lots, 7 pe t s have been issued sued for sauh - tanclarcl lots of record in single separate ownership due to the inability cf applicants to combine, cr acquire ac:ditional land to create confoi-minq lets,, Banc' 1 permit wia!: isFuncl t() dernolish and rebuild on a substandard �;ingle se?parace c%,'n<'r-F-,hjp lot whore a house was already c xi st i nq. Thee City of nror.;, has concistent l y denied permi t s for ubrt ane3;, r(1 lot-. ownod i n rommon with ad _),cent developed lots In the PP 11. Pa q e 7 of 9