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�� CITY OF ORONO RESOLUTION OF TFIE CITY COUNCII, y'd�� 6G��' No. 6 6 5 9 SN04 The Property owners are proposing to use the property in a reaaonable manner but the s�efic lot area, lot widt� and setback requirements of the Zoning Code re�ult in the need for variances m order to bnild vn the lo� T6e ptight of the Owner is dne to the lot hnving been created prior to establi�Lment of zoning codes,and the application of area, width and setback standards more suited to 2-acre lots tLau t�e small lota m tlte Cryata! Bay neighborhood;t6e landawner did not creat�the smaU lot situat�ion Constructing a aingie family residence as p�raposed is not anticipated to alt�er the chnracter of fhe neighborhood,since many 6omes in the neighborhood ezLst on similariy eized lots with similar setbacks. B4. "Economic cansiderations alone do not constitute practical difficulties." Economic consideratians have not been a factor in the v�cisnce approval dctermination. B5. "Pra,ctical difficulties also includ�e but are n�ot limited to inadequate aacess to dit+act sunlight for solsr energy sysbems. Variaaces s1�all be granted for earth�ltered construction as definod in Minn. Stat. §216C.06, subd. 2,when in l�armony with pl,ono City�C�, 78" This condition is not appl�cable. B6. "'Ihe board or the council may not permit as a variance any use that is not penmitted under Orono City Cod�e Chapter 78 for properiy in th�e zon�e wh+ere the aff� p�n's land is loca�d." TLis condition is not appticabk,ws the use for s sin�le fimily re�idence is an allawed use im the RR 1B District. B7. "The board or council may per�mit as a variance tl�e temporery use of a ono-�amily dwelling as a two-family dwelling." Thi�conditiwn is not apphcable. B8. "The special conditions applying to the st�ucture or laud in question are peculiar to auch Property or immediately adjoin3ng property," The aubstandard lot area and width are common in the Crystal Bay neighborhood,where many eriatiing homee do not meet the ��.B D�trict e�ctback standards.�is not the case thrroug6out much of the RR iB D�trict, bnt Crystaj Bay ia a neighborhood created long bet'ore the RR 1B zoning at�tdards we�re in effect The conditions applicable to tLe Property at�e typfcel of fhe Cryatal Bny neighboxhood but are not typicnl of the over�lt RR 1B zoning diatrict, B9. "'The conditions do not apply generally to other land or s�truchu+es in the district in wltich the �and is located." The conditions apply to many other 100'wide corner lota in t6e Crystal Bay neighborhood wLich as a reanit of t6e required s�etb�cks woald have onty a 2Q'wide bn�ldable em�elope under RR-1B standards;but do not:ppiy to a majortty of lots witbin the RR!B dietrict. B10. "The granting of the application is necessary for the preservation and enjoyment of a sub�antial praperty right of the applicant." . The Property is typical of simgle family lob 4