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. � � c�t o� oR,oNO � � ., • RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL ' � � NO. 2097 • - • e C) The request to sewer would not be found contrary to the Comprehensive Plan as the City has approved sewer for other severely limited areas within the defined rural areas of the City based on criteria set forth in CMP-6-44. D) Applicants' site evaluator has provided extensive septic test data that confirms there is no suitable area on the site for septic expansion to serve both the kennel operation and the residence. � E) The M.W.C.C. in 1985 installed an interceptor line through the applicants' property that placed additional limitations on the only available land for septic expansion. F) The applicants' property is surrounded by railroad and highway right-of-way and an extensive wetland, there is no adjacent suitable land available for septic expansion. 6. The City Council has considered this application including • the findings and recommendations of the Planning Commission, reports by City staff, comments by the applicants and the effect of the proposed variance on the heaYth, safety and welfare of the community. - 7. The City Council finds that the conditions existin.g on this property are peculiar to �it and do not apply generally to other property in this zoning district; that granting the variance would not adversely affect traffic conditions, light, air nor pose a fire hazard or other danger to neighboring property; would not merely serve as a convenience to the applicants, but is necessary to aI leviate a demonstrable hardship or difficulty; is necessary to preserve a substantiaY property right of the applicants; and would be in keeping with the spirit and intent of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan of the City. CONCLIISIONS,, ORDER AND CONDITIONS Based upon one or more of the above findings, the Orono City Council hereby grants a variance to Ordinance 26, Second Series, to allow the applicants to proceed with their petition for sewer and to further direct staff to file a formal application on behalf of the City of Orono with the Metropolitan Council to permit connection to the M.W.C.C. sewer line that intersects the applicants property, subject to the fol lowing conditions: • 1. Prior to obtaining a sewer connection permit from the City of Orono, the applicants must submit engineering plans for review and approval by M.W.C.C. and the City of Orono. � � Page 3 of 5