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• <br /> .( City of ORONO <br /> CITY RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> OF NO, 2407 <br /> ORONO <br /> 6. The granting of the variances to create a walkout or a 3' terrace <br /> level would result in the following violations of Section 10.08 , <br /> Subdivision 3 (A) of the zoning code with which the applicant must <br /> first comply before the requested variances can be granted: <br /> A. The property in question can still be put to its existing <br /> reasonable use as a single family residence under conditions <br /> allowed by the official controls, without creation of a walkout <br /> basement situation. <br /> B. The plight of the applicant in terms of his perceived need to <br /> have a walkout excavation or a 3' terrace level is created by the <br /> applicant, and has nothing to do with any unique hardship related <br /> to the land. <br /> C. The variance, if granted, will alter the essential character <br /> of the locality, by creating a significantly artificially altered <br /> lakeshore topography which other properties in the locality <br /> generally do not have. <br /> D. The granting of the requested variances would appear to serve <br /> merely as a convenience to the applicant as there have been no <br /> valid hardships demonstrated through the review of this <br /> application. <br /> E. The granting of the application is not necessary for the <br /> preservation and enjoyment of a substantial property right of the <br /> applicants. <br /> F. The special conditions applying to the property in question <br /> are not peculiar to this property and are typical of many <br /> properties within the lakeshore areas of Orono. <br /> 7. The City Council finds that Option E of the staff recommendation <br /> which includes a 3' high retaining wall at the top of the lakeshore <br /> bank and regrading of the slope below that wall , is an acceptable <br /> method of bank restoration, which in conjunction with adequate <br /> vegetation screening will have the least visual impact on the <br /> lakeshore in the general neighborhood, will be relatively equivalent <br /> in stability to other potential bank restoration methods, and is one <br /> of the methods proposed by the Hennepin Soil and Water Conservation <br /> District as an acceptable method of bank restoration. Additionally, <br /> the Council finds that this method does comply with the requirements <br /> of Section 10.08 Subd. 3 (A) . <br /> Page 6 of 10 <br />