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�'C Exhil�it� <br /> PRACTICAL DIFFICULTtES DOCUMENTATION FORM <br /> This farm is a required submittaf for ALL variance appiications. An applica#ion wili not be considered <br /> complete or placed on any meeting agendas until this form is complete and submitted to the City. <br /> Minnesota State Statutes Sectlon 462.357, Subdivision 6(2) requires that practical difficufties be demonstrated in <br /> arder for a variance to be granted. The difficufties must be unigue to the property as variances run with the land <br /> and not the land owner. Personal and economic situefions are not considered valid practical difl�culties. In order <br /> for an application to be heard by the Planning Commission and City Council practfcal difficultfes having merit must <br /> be demonstrated. <br /> HOW DO [ PROVE A PRAC7lCAL DIFFfCULTY7 <br /> This form has 12 points outlining the basis City staff uses to determine if practical difficulties exist and how the <br /> variance wili affect the surrounding community. To prove practical difficulties, address all the relevani pairrts <br /> Ifsted below and answer them as clsarly as possible. <br /> Since you are requesting the code exception, you have the burden of proving that the variance is JustEfied. <br /> The fnformatEon the Clty receives is what is used In determining a denial or approval recommendation. If you <br /> leave something out it will not be considered. <br /> Please address each of the twelve praciical d'rff'iculties crlterla as they re/afe to the request, if they do nof apply, <br /> wrife N/A in the space provided: <br /> 1. "The property owner proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted by the Zoning <br /> Chapter." <br /> 2. "T e plight o#the landowner is due o circumstances u �que to his property not created by the landawner." <br /> �^�.F��v !+Oir ^Go�rvY-.'vr �i� . . _ <br /> 3. "The variaf/LCe, if granted, will not a ter the essential fharacter of the locality." <br /> .C- �10N�-t l4� � a� oi.Sh G r�%�Lr �C S^i'`i.1 <br /> n.are u�.e / _ 7 <br /> 4. "Economic considerations alone do not canstitute practical difflcuit[es If reasonable use for the property exists <br /> under the terms of the Zoning Chapter." <br /> 5. "Practica! difficulties include, but are not limited to, inadequate access to direct sunlight for solar energy <br /> systems. Variances shall be granted for earth sheltered ccrostruction as defined in MinrEesota StaEutes, <br /> Sectfon 116J.06, Subd.2 wh n in harmon with this Chapter.° <br /> r 4� 1' vG r�l.v <br /> ^�br� • r✓ e v <br /> 6. "The Board of Appeals and Adjustments or the Council may not permit as a variance any use that is not <br /> allowed under this Chapter for property in the zone where the affected person's land is located." <br /> ��1��..tl'u�� � <br /> ��� , ozo�s <br /> Padcet L.asl Updated.� January 2015 <br /> P�'6 „1� ?, � � � CIT1'OF ORONO <br /> ,�i. <br />