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CITY OF ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NO. 6 64 2 defined in Minn. Stat. § 216C.06, subd. 2, when in harmony with Orono City Code Chapter 78." The Board of Appeals and Adjustments or the Council may not permit as a variance any use that is not allowed under this Chapter for property in the zone where the affected person's land is located. The proposed construction is an allowed use in RIA and in the Northgate Two PRD. B6. "The special conditions applying to the structure or land in question are peculiar to such property or immediately adjoining property." The fact that Northgate Two is a PRD development makes this immediate neighborhood unique within the R -1A district and these special PRD conditions are not generally found within the R -1A district. B7 "The conditions do not apply generally to other land or structures in the district in which the land is located.." The conditions applicable to this property apply to all other building pads within the Northgate Two PRD neighborhood, but the condition of having a lot sized as a building pad with common open space established to create the normal setbacks is not common to the R 1A district in general. The lot coverage standards imposed by the City ordinance do not specifically address the Northgate Two PRD situation. B8. "The granting of the application is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of a substantial property right of the applicant." The property rights of the owner will be diminished if the variance is denied, since expansion of the residence meeting all established Northgate Two PRD standards could not occur. 139. "The granting of the proposed variances will not in any way impair health, safety, comfort or morals, or in any other respect be contrary to the intent of this chapter." Granting of the variance would not impair health, safety, comfort or morals as it merely results in allowing the expansion of the existing residence commensurate with other homes in the neighborhood and has no net impact on the preservation of open space in the neighborhood. B10. "The granting of such variance will not merely serve as a convenience to the applicant, but is necessary to alleviate demonstrable difficulty." Granting of the lot coverage variance will resolve a demonstrated practical difficulty created by the shape and size of the PRD building pad. CONCLUSIONS, ORDER AND CONDITIONS Based upon one or more of the above findings, the Orono City Council hereby grants a variance to Orono Municipal Zoning Code Section 78-1403 to allow lot coverage by structures Page 4 of 6