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� . t� ' . � . - Clt� o� ORONO � • � RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL � NO. 1607 � • � • • . meet or exceed the requirements of the Zoning Code before any of_ the lots can be built upon and that two or more substandard lots owned in common must be combined so that the resulting combined lot meets the requirements of the � Zoning Code before the lots can be huilt upon. y. Upon completion of a 5 month City wide review of the common .ownership issue, on December 19, 1983 , the City approved a proposed amendment of the municipal code that would permit all substandard undeveloped lots within the sewered areas of the City regardless of the ownership of these lots, the same standards for review. 7. The property is 16,748 square feet or 77� of the required area. The property is consistent in area with 7 � � other devel.oped lots within a total deve�loped neighborhood of 33 lots. • 8 . The property measures 55 feet in iot width and is approximately 5 feet short of the narrowest lots in the 33 lot Casco Circle neighborhood at 6� feet. • 9. The Orono Planning Commission reviewed this application on October 14, 1983, and a majority of its members recommended approval of the variances as proposed based upon the following findings: a) No available land - lots are developed on both sides of • property. b) The property is served with sewer and water . c) The proposed house and improvements can be constructed without the need for additional variances. ,d) Applicant purchased property not knowing the existing ordinance limitations on development of the property. e) Variance is being granted despite the current ordinance � demands because Planning Commission anticipates resolu- tion and amendment of the ordiriance. . f) By granting this variance there wi71 be no negative effect on the public health , safety and welfare. � � g) By granting this variance it is consistent with the development of the area . .