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CITY OF ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL 669 11. "The granting of the proposed variance will not in any way impair health, safety, comfort or morals, or in any other respect be contrary to the intent of this chapter." The accessory building in the proposed location will not impair the health, safety, comfort or morals of the public. 12. "The granting of such variance will not merely serve as a convenience to the applicant, but is necessary to alleviate demonstrable difficulty." There are limited conforming locations to construct an accessory garage on the Property; this criterion is met. CONCLUSIONS. ORDER AND CONDITIONS: Based upon one or more of the above findings, the Orono City Council hereby grants variances from Orono Municipal Zoning Code Sections 78-1434 and 78-1435 in order to allow construction of a 1,408 square foot detached garage closer to the street than the principal structure, subject to the following conditions: 1. Council approval is based on the survey dated August 17, 2016 and building plans submitted by the Applicants and annotated by City staff, attached to this Resolution as Exhibits A & IS (hereinafter the "Plans"). Any amendments to the Plans which are not in conformity with City codes may require further Planning Commission and City Council review. 2. The Applicants agree to and covenant the following regarding the oversize accessory structure; such covenant shall be binding on current and future property owners and shall be filed in the chain of title of the Property. a) No future subdivision will be approved that places the structure within a lot that has no principal structure, except that the city in its subdivision approval may grant a finite time period in which the oversized accessory structure may remain without a principal structure, in order that a principal structure may be constructed. At the end of this time period, the oversized accessory structure must be removed if no principal structure has been constructed. b) If the Property is subdivided, the oversize accessory structure and principal structure will be located together within a lot that meets the minimum lot area requirement for the given size of accessory building. c) In subdivision approval, the setback required for the oversize accessory structure shall remain. 3. Authorities granted by this resolution run with the Property not with the Applicants, but are permissive only and must be exercised by obtaining a building permit for the new construction and commencing construction of said project. A framing inspection must be