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CITY of ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />NO. <br />6. The property consists of 0.76 acre, or 33,076 s.f. in land area. The lot is a legal <br />building site in the LR-lC zoning district. <br />7. It is the intent of the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code to protect the water <br />quality of Lake Minnetonka by limiting the amount of hardcover a lot contains. No <br />hardship exists on this lot that would supp01t approval of additional hardcover for a <br />paved patio or expansion of the driveway. <br />8. The granting of the requested after-the-fact variances would be contrary to the <br />provisions of Municipal Zoning Code Section 10.08, Subdivision 3 (A) with which <br />the applicants must first comply in order that variances be granted. The Council <br />finds that: <br />A. The property in question can be put to a reasonable use if used under the <br />conditions allowed by the official controls if the proposed after-the-fact <br />variances are granted. The driveway has been approved as part of the general <br />site plan as minimally acceptable for access to the property. <br />B. Granting of the proposed after-the-fact variances would appear to serve as a <br />convenience to the applicants and the applicants have not demonstrated a <br />reasonable hardship or practical difficulty acceptable to the City Council for <br />the patio and driveway expansion. <br />C. The conditions and Zoning Code limits imposed and existing on this property <br />generally apply to all other land and structures in the zoning district in which <br />this property is located as well as in adjacent residential zoning districts. <br />9. FURTHER BE IS RESOLVED, the Council hereby approves a variance to permit <br />3 6 s.f. of hardcover to permit a 8' X 3' landing and minimal stairway to access the <br />ground below the patio doors, based on the need to provide for a safe access at this <br />location. The house has a patio door entrance off the main floor that would have <br />provided access to the patio. Since the patio door was installed under the original <br />building permit, it was planned that hardcover would be available to allow a stairway <br />and patio landing. Following the discovery that the entire 75' lakeshore setback was <br />not fully delineated on the original site plan, it did not allow a reasonable access to <br />the patio doors that have been installed. <br />Page 3 of 6