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. pC Exhlbit B <br /> PRACTICAL DIFFICULTlES DOCUMENTATION FORM <br /> This #orm is a required submtttal for Ai.L varfsnce appSications. An application will noi be considered <br /> compiete or placed on any meeting agendas until this farm is complete and submitted ta the City. <br /> Minnesota State Sta'.utes Section 462.357, Subdivision 6(2)requires tt�et practfcal difficulties be demonstrated in <br /> order for a variance to be grented. ","he difflculGes must be unique to ihe property ss variances run with the Iand <br /> and not the land owner. Personaf and economic st[�ations are not considered val/d praciica!dif�rculties. fn otder <br /> for an application to be heard by the Planning Ccmmisslon and City Council practical difficulties having merit must <br /> be dernonstrabed. <br /> HOW DO I PROV�A PRACi'ICAL DIFFiCULTY? <br /> This farm has 12 poin� outlining the basts City statf uses to deiermine if practical d�culties exist and how the <br /> variance will afEect the surrounding community. To prove practical difficulties, address a!I the relevant pofnts listed <br /> below and answer them as clearly as possible. <br /> Since you are requesting the code exception, you have the burden of proviny that the ve�iance fs justified. <br /> 'fhe information the City receives is wha:is used in determir.ing a denial or approval recammendation. If you lesve <br /> samething oui ft w(II not be considered. <br /> PJease address each of the tr�ehre practrca!diffrculties criterla ss they relafe to the reques� if they do not apply, <br /> wrtfe N/,4 in fhe space provided: <br /> 'l. "The property owner proposes to use the property In a reasonable manner not permitted by the Zoning Chapter.° <br /> ThP �re�r cnti,r,Pr intPnda tn t�cP the�y��ac thP� ha�� in thw�act tn�pr-ti.ida rriainta�n '�ia <br /> lanrls�ranw hot�.�nan tha hnat hnii�e AT1PI tI1P C�p!'�Q <br /> , �� <br /> 2. "The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to his property not created by the landowner." <br /> The homeowner has attemeted tn maitain tht� hank w�t�,r,�rt retaining walls and nlantings but has <br /> fo�nd that it ic extr m ly hiQh maintenance, and Q n ral not r liabl Th i�=,mo�h�e�anC <br /> and durable solution in this area. <br /> 3, "7he varianc8,if granted,will not aRer the essen�al cha�acter of the focality." <br /> _ Tfie character of this la.n.�crane k�ll = imilar to others in the area anri whnn the ���.,,�+�«e <br /> thev wil!essantialfy hidA the rQ aininig���alls that will hflld the hank tog��Pr <br /> 4. "Economic considerations alone do not constitute p.►aatical difficuities if reasonable use for the property exists <br /> under the terms of the Zoning Chapter." <br /> Economic considerations are not a major factor for requestinq this solu�ion;the survibility of the project <br /> is fhe ma�or tssue for the reauest of the vanence. <br /> 5. "Ptactical difficufties ir,clude, but are not fimited to, inadeguate access to direct sunlight for solar energy <br /> systems. Variances shslf be granted for earth sheltered construction as dsfined in Minnesota Statutes,Section <br /> 116J.06, Subd.2,whan in harmony with th!s Chapter." <br /> NA <br /> 6. "The Board of Appeals ard Adjustments or the Caundl may rof permit as a varisnce any use ihat is not allowed <br /> under this Chapter for property in the zone where the a�ected person's Iand is located." <br /> NA <br /> Varia�e Application—January 2D76 <br /> P�4 RECEIYED <br /> �- � � . FE8 1 � �(��� <br /> � � � <br /> CRY OF ORON� <br />