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CITY OF ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NO. 6 7 6 8 b. There are circumstances unique to the property not created by the landowner; This property is fronted on three sides by public rights of way, further the slope and vegetation limits building sites without drastic changes to the neighborhood and c. The variance will not alter the essential character of the locality. The minimal encroachment for the covered entry will likely not impact the character of the area. d. Additionally City Code 78-123 provides additional parameters within which a variance may be granted as follows: 4. Economic considerations alone do not constitute practical difficulties. Economic considerations have not been a factor in the variance approval determination. 5. Practical difficulties also include but are not limited to inadequate access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems. Variances shall be granted for earth -sheltered construction as defined in Minn. Stat. § 216C.06, subd. 2, when in harmony with Orono City Code Chapter 78. This condition is not applicable. 6. The board or the council may not permit as a variance any use that is not permitted under Orono City Code Chapter 78 for property in the zone where the affected person's land is located. This condition is not applicable, as the use for a single family residential is a permitted use in the LR -1B District. 7. The board or council may permit as a variance the temporary use of a one -family dwelling as a two-family dwelling. This condition is not applicable. 8. The special conditions applying to the structure or land in question are peculiar to such property or immediately adjoining property. The Council has determined that small lots are a practical difficulty, this lot is one of the few in the neighborhood that has frontage on three sides. 9. The conditions do not apply generally to other land or structures in the district in which the land is located. The subject lot is one of five (with three street yards) in the immediate neighborhood, though this is the only one that has yet to be developed, and it appears to be the second smallest.