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. � °� . <br /> � � Q CITY of ORONO <br /> • � � :;�=� RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> r� ���'l D+ <br /> r�`, � °� .�"� �, N . � .�: v:e �Wl`� <br /> Y <br /> ��9 ,��,G~ � � � �' <br /> �E380 <br /> A. Area Variance. The findings are as follows: <br /> 1) The property is a vacant lot containing approximately .69 acres of <br /> contiguous dry buildable land exclusive .of roadways and pond � <br /> � areas. <br /> 2) The lot was created as part of RLS No. 744 in March 1958, and <br /> met the 25,000 s.f./120' area and width standards then in effect. <br /> 3) Ordinance No. 22, adopted 10/12/59, established a minimum <br /> building lot size of one acre and 140' minimum width at the <br /> building line. That Code allowed the City Council to grant <br /> variances for substandard lots in single separate ownership. <br /> 4) The property continued its status as a substandard lot with the <br /> • 1967 rezoning to R-1C, one acre single family residential. <br /> 5) The lot became even more substandard when the area was rezoned <br /> to RR-1B in 1975, requiring two acres and 200' width. <br /> 6) Prior to 1975, substandard lots of similar size and character were <br /> granted building pemuts for construction of single family <br /> residences without variance approval in the Cygnet/Leaf <br /> neighborhood in which the property is located. <br /> 7) Lot area and width variances were granted for similarly situated <br /> lots in the Cygnet/Leaf neighborhood after the 1975 rezoning to <br /> two acre lot standards. - <br /> 8) The property has been in single separate ownership by the current <br /> ' owner since 1959. <br /> 9) On November 9, 1992 the City agreed to reduce the principal <br /> amount of an$18,880 sewer assessment finding the assessment an <br /> unfair burden to the properry owner on the basis that as a lot in <br /> single separate ownership, it likely would have been allowed to be <br /> • Pa e2of6 <br /> g <br /> � � � , . Fam5W5 DiskOrono <br />