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. " �� � <br /> � ��' CITY of ORONO <br /> � ��� ,� � � <br /> �,.,,�� ,' RESOLUTION OF TI� CITY COUNCIL <br /> ra �'� 1 , ' ,y„� � �M�1, <br /> ,� � :�' �, NO. � <br /> '�� .: dr �jG�, -' '`' - <br /> 9�'ESTrI�g' <br /> , A. Area Variance. The findings are as follows: <br /> 1) The property is a vacant lot containing approximately .69 acres of <br /> contiguous dry buildable land exclusive of roadways and pond <br /> areas. <br /> 2) The lot was created as part of RLS No. 744 in March 1958, and <br /> met the 25,000 s.f./120' area and width standards then in effect. <br /> 3) Ordinance No. 22, adopted 10/12/59, established a minimum <br /> building lot size of one acre and 140' mini.mum width at the <br /> building line. That Code allowed the City Council to grant <br /> variances for substandard lots in single separate ownership. <br /> 4) The properry continued its status as a substandard lot with the <br /> 1967 rezoning to R-1C, one acre single family residential. <br /> 5) The lot became even more substandard when the area was rezoned <br /> to RR-1B in 1975, requiring two acres and 200' width. <br /> 6) Prior to 1975, substandard lots of similar size and character were <br /> granted building pemuts for construction of single family <br /> residences without variance approval in the Cygnet/Leaf <br /> neighborhood in which the property is located. <br /> 7) Lot area and width variances were granted for similarly situated <br /> lots in the Cygnet/Leaf neighborhood after the 1975 rezoni.ng to <br /> two acre lot standards. <br /> 8) The property has been in single separate ownership by the current <br /> owner since 1959. <br /> 9) On November 9, 1992 the City agreed to reduce the principal <br /> amount of an$18,880 sewer assessment finding the assessment an <br /> unfair burden to the property owner on the basis that as a lot in <br /> single separate ownership, it likely would have been allowed to be <br /> Page 2 of 6 <br /> Fam SWS ax►Oa. <br />