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� � ,' � O� • O O �b� - CITY of ORONO .� � � ti �� G'�' � RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL �kESH�g' NO. 319 8 3. City Ordinance No. 22, adopted 10/12/59, established a minimum building lot size of 1 acre and 140' minimum width at the building line. That code allowed the City Council to grant variances for substandard lots in single separate ownership. 4. The property continued its status as a substandard lot with � the 1967 rezoning to R-1C, 1 acre single family residential. 5. The lot became even more substandard when the area was rezoned to RR-1B in 1975, requiring 2 acres and 200' width. 6. Environment regulations have gradually reduced the potential buildable area of the lot. Ordinance No. 63 in April 1964 excluded wetlands from the dry buildable area calculation. Ordinance No. 179, adopted in September 1975, required a 26' structure setback from the pond. The Shoreland Regulations • adopted in 19 9 2 required a 7 5' structura 1 setback f rom the pond if the lot is sewered, 100' if it is not sewered. 7. Septic system requirements through the years have become increasingly strict. 8. Until the City Council adopted the Shoreland Regulations in February 1992, a house could have been constructed on the property meeting all state septic system design and setback requirements and would have met all Orono zoning code � requirements except the lot area and width requirements. 9. Prior to 1975 , substandard lots of similar size and character were granted building permits for construction of single family residences without the need for variances in the Cygnet/Leaf neighborhood in which the property is located. 10. Lot area and width variances were granted for similarly situated lots in the Cygnet/Leaf neighborhood after the 1975 rezoning to 2 acre lot standards. • Page 2 of 4