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. O ''I, . � �p C ITY OF ORON RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COU CIL ��t,9 F,G�� NO. b63 � 'FESHO� I �I NOW, TI�EREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of Orono, Minnes ta hereby approves '�,the requested variance as described above based on one or more of e following finding�,,of fact concerning this property: FINDINGS OF FACT• �'II A1. The anal s��s contained within staff inemos and the exhibits attached to the afor Y esai�l memos, all �ninutes from the above mentioned meetings, and any and all other materia�s distributed�t these meetings are hereby incorporated by reference. � A2. The Property is located within the RR-1B Single Family Rural Residential Distric�'t which requiEes a minimum lot area of 2.0 acres and a minimum lot width of 200' fo� construction'�of a single family residence. '�� A3. The Property is 0.31 acres in area, being 100 feet in defined width. The property is'',, considered a�legally nonconforming with regard to lot area and lot width. A4. T'he property'is located within Storm Water Overlay District Tier 3 which allows 35%�'�� hardcover. The proposed residence construction will result in hardcover on the property� of approxima�ely24.0%,well below the maximum hardcover allowance. � i A5. The applicant'is planning to construct a new home on this vacant lot. The property �'�, previously corltained a home which was demolished in 2011. The lot is just under 1/3 '�� acre in the R1�2-1B 2-acre zone, and is a corner lot with the Keene Avenue frontage �'��, defined as fror�t. The property has sewer �available and there is an existing well on the �'�, site which is aziticipated to be reused. �'i i A6. The applicant i� requesting a number of variances, as the buildable envelope under RR- '�, 1B setback stan�dards is approximately 35' x 20' and would not allow sufficient footprint '��, area for a reaspnably sized home. Absent setback variances, the allowable building ''�, envelope for thi�lot is 20' wide and 35' long,which would likely result in a narrow, tall, �', boxy residence of 700 s.f. footprint with a detached garage (possibly larger than the house)tucked into the southwest corner of the site. A7. Within the Mir�netonka Bluffs neighborhood, bounded by Orono Orchard Road, I� Dickenson Stree�, Russell Avenue and the Dakota Trail, there are 23 developed lots. The breakdown in lo� sizes is: 13 lots at 0-0.5 acres: 8 lots at 0.51-1.0 ac; and 2 lots larger �'i than 1.0 acre. V�hile only 3 developed lots are smaller than applicant's lot,the fact that �'��i it contained a residence, was assessed for and connected to sewer, and is proposed to meet the hardcover standards, all suggest that the lot should be considered buildable. �'� The developed ldt to the immediate south at 1.02 acres is one of the largest in the �, neighborhood, wh�le the lot to the immediate west is the same size as applicant's lot. �I Page 2 of 7 I �I