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CITY of ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THEL'CIT':( COUNCIL <br />NO. 5 o Q j <br />2. The prope1iy is located in the LR -1 C, One Family Lakeshore Residential <br />Distl'ict, which requires a minimum lot area of 0.50 acres and a minimum <br />lot width of 100'. The applicant's lot is 0.37 acres in area and 52' in width <br />at the shoreline and 57' in width at the 75' setback. <br />3. The Planning Commission reviewed this application at a public hearing <br />held on March 19, 2007 where a recommendation was made to approve <br />the variances for the new home based on the following findings: <br />a. The applicant has agreed to remove any excess hardcover, including a <br />concrete staircase along the south side of the home, within the 0-75' <br />lake setback zone. <br />b. The size footprint proposed is smaller than that of the other homes in <br />the immediate neighborhood. <br />c. The levels of hardcover and structural coverage on the property were <br />previously approved by the City Council by Resolution Nos. 3213 & <br />3329. The applicant's cunent proposal does not exceed the limits <br />approved for the property. <br />4. The City Council has considered this application including the findings <br />and recommendation of the Planning Commission, reports by City staff, <br />comments by the applicant and the public, and the effect of the proposed <br />variance on the health, safety and welfare of the community. <br />5. The City Council finds that the conditions existing on this property are <br />peculiar to it and do not apply generally to other property in this zoning <br />district; that granting the variance would not adversely affect traffic <br />conditions, light, air nor pose a fire hazard or other danger to neighboring <br />property; would not merely serve as a convenience to the applicant, but is <br />necessary to alleviate a demonstrable hardship or difficulty; is necessary to <br />preserve a substantial prope1iy right of the applicant; and would be in <br />keeping with the spirit and intent of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive <br />Plan of the City. <br />Page 2 of 5