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� <br /> „ " Practical Difficulties Document Form <br /> 1. The proposed garage addition will be in excess of the 30ft set back needed from an adjacent property. <br /> The adjacent property has road easements that were never used that require a setback of 50ft. The <br /> land is heavily vegetated and was never developed for road purposes. <br /> 2. The developer of our neighborhood created an option to either connect my neighbor's property north <br /> via Outlot C (my adjacent property), or connect west into our neighborhood cul-de-sac via Outlot A. He <br /> ultimately chose to connect west via Outlot A, so Outlot C was never developed as a road. <br /> 3. The proposed garage addition will be built in the exact same style as the existing house and garage. <br /> Matching brick, roof line, and siding. The property has dense cover of trees hiding the proposed <br /> additions from Outlot C <br /> 4. The location of the septic mound site and septic tank limit the areas of expansion. <br /> 5. N/A <br /> 6. N/A <br /> 7. N/A <br /> 8. The adjacent property has a road easement that has never been used. The land is heavily vegetated <br /> and was never developed for road purposes <br /> 9. Road easement was in place as optional ingress/egress for neighbors property that developer did not <br /> choose. Road was not and has not been developed for over 23 years from the date of the CC&R's <br /> written by developer. <br /> 10. I am not familiar with the substantial property right laws in MN, but on September 25th�2006 the Orono <br /> city council stated in number 5 of its findings (resolution of the city council no. 5511) that granting of the <br /> variance is necessary to preserve a substantial property right of the applicants. Previous home owners <br /> required 40 ft setback to our proposed 38 ft setback. <br /> 11. I am not aware of any way that the granting of the proposed variance will impair health, safety, comfort, <br /> morals, or in any other respect be contrary to the intent of the Zoning code. <br /> 12. The location of the septic mound site and septic tank limit the areas of expansion. <br /> Practical Difficulties Statement <br /> To the best of my knowledge, the conditions existing on this property have not changed since <br /> September 25th 2006 when the Orono City Council granted the previous owners a variance for a 40' <br /> setback from Outlot C. The City Council found that the conditions existing on the property are peculiar <br /> to it and do not apply generally to other property in this zoning district; that granting the variance would <br /> not adversely affect traffic conditions, light, air nor pose a fire hazard or other danger to neighboring <br /> � property; would not merely serve,as a convenience to the applicants, but is necessary to alleviate a <br /> demonstrable hardship or difficulty; is necessary to preserve a substantial property right of the <br /> ' � applicants; and would be in keeping with the spirit and intent of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive <br /> Plan of the City. f} � <br /> . r � � <br />