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. clty o� oR,oNo • RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL � : � NO. 2637 � • • • • 30. City policy regarding the separation of unsewerd, undeveloped, substandard, contiguous Iots in common awner- ship was clearly defined by an action of the City Council in 1981, in which the separation of a developed 1.4 acre Iot from the adjacent vacant 1.7 acre, 120.3 foot wide vacant lot in the LR-lA, 2-acre, 200 foot width, unsewered zone was denied. (Application #635, Council action to conceptually . deny on October 26, 1981, based on a) lack af demonstrated hardship; b) no sanitary sewer available; c) insufficient area; d) insuf f icient width.) 31. The 1984 Zoning Code amendments included the addition of Section 10.03, Subdivision 6 (C) , which prahibited the "transfer or sale of non-conforming, undeveloped Iots not served by public sanitary sewer, aligned in a contiguous arrangement, undivided by a public or private road or road easement and under same or cammon ewnership" unless specifically approved by the City Council, or unless the • resulting Iots satisfy the area and width requirements af the Zoning Code. No performance standards for approval of such transfers appear in the code. 32. At least 13 groperties or groups af properties in a situation similar to Ferrell's with a high potential for request of similar variances have been identified within the City of Orpno. 33. Since January 1, 1975, when the 2 acre RR-1B zvning district became effective, no permits have been issued for new residences on commonly owned substandard lats in the RR- 1B district. Of 153 new residence permits issued in the RR- 1B district from 1/1/75 to 5/1/86, 145 permits were issued for confprming Iots, 7 permits were issued for substandard lpts of record in single separate ownership due to the inability of applicants to combine or acquire additional land to create conforming lots, and 1 permit was issued to demolish and rebui ld an a substandard single separate ownership lot where a house was already existing. The City of Orono has consistently denied permits for substandard lots owned in c4mmpn with adjacent developed lats in the RR- 1B district. 3 4. The City Counci I has a lways required that when two or more unsewered lots are owned in comman, each lot must • individually meet or exceed the requirements of the Zpning Code before any of the Iots can be built upon and that two ar more substandard Iots owned in cammmon must be combined so that the resulting combined Iat meets the requirements of the Zaning Code before the lots can be built upon. Page 10 of 13 �