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, . <br /> ���p CITY OF ORONO <br /> RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br /> y�, ` rro. <br /> � 6 � � <br /> G <br /> `9kFSH��� <br /> The request to permit installation of plumbing within the detached garage appears <br /> to be reasonabfe as the adjacent properties do not appear to be adversely <br /> impacted. <br /> b. The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to his property not created <br /> by the landowner. <br /> The size of the garage, and the size and orientation on the Property were not the <br /> result of actions by the landowner. Plumbing is permitted within residential <br /> garages. <br /> c. The variance, if granted, will not a/ter the essential character of the/ocality." <br /> The proposed plumbing within the garage will not alter the character of the <br /> neighborhood. <br /> 4. "Economic considerations alone do not constitute practical difficulties."The Applicants have <br /> not requested approval based on economic considerations. <br /> 5. "Practical difficulties also include but are not limited to inadequate access to direct sunlight <br /> for solar energy systems. Variances shall be granted for earth-sheltered construction as <br /> defined in Minn. Stat. § 216C.06, subd. 2, when in harmony with Orono City Code Chapter <br /> 78."This criterion is not applicable. <br /> 6. "The board or the council may not permit as a variance any use that is not permitted under <br /> Orono City Code Chapter 78 for property in the zone where the affected person's land is <br /> located."The proposed improvements are residential in nature and are consistent with the <br /> residential zoning and the Comprehensive Plan. <br /> 7. "The board or council may permit as a variance the temporary use of a one-family dwelling <br /> as a finro-family dwelling."This criterion is not applicable. <br /> 8. "The special conditions applying to the structure or land in question are peculiar to such <br /> property or immediately adjoining property."The Property is a corner lot with a defined front <br /> yard on Shoreline Drive with the functional front facing Carman Street. The garage, <br /> constructed in 1975, is in a nonconforming location on the Property. The proposed <br /> plumbing improvements will not increase the nonconformity. <br /> 9. "The conditions do not apply generally to other land or structures in the district in which the <br /> land is located."The nonconforming location of the garage and the corner lot status make <br /> the Property unique in the neighborhood. <br /> 3 <br />