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CITY OF ORONO <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL <br />NO. 6757 <br />and the mature vegetation and topography separate the Property from the adjacent <br />neighbors. <br />b. The plight of the landowner is due to circumstances unique to his property not created <br />by the landowner. <br />The neighboring home to the north is set back further from the lake than the subject <br />home; the curved channel frontage; and the location of the neighboring homes <br />closer to the rear/street lot line result in the severe average lakeshore setback <br />applied to the Property. <br />c. The variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality." <br />It does not appear that the requested average lakeshore setback variance to <br />permit an addition over a portion of the home will adversely impact views of the <br />lake currently enjoyed by the adjacent property owners. <br />4. "Economic considerations alone do not constitute practical difficulties." Economic <br />considerations have not been a factor in the variance approval determination. <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 condition 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." This condition is not applicable, as the use for a residence and additions to the <br />residence are an allowed use in the LR -1 B District. <br />7. "The board or council may permit as a variance the temporary use of a one -family dwelling <br />as a two-family dwelling." This condition 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 setbacks of the neighboring homes and <br />the curved channel shoreline (lake frontage) is not in character with other lakeshore <br />properties on Forest Lake. <br />9. "The conditions do not apply generally to other land or structures in the district in which the <br />land is located." The majority of the homes both to the north and south of the Property are <br />closer in proximity to the road and are generally in line with each other. The curvature of <br />