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�-��p CITY OF ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL �� G�,� No. 6 8 0 1 t'�kFS H 04� lots in the neighborhood were also platted prior to existing codes. The size of the other lots within the neighborhood are inconsistent the subject property. c. The variance, if granted, will not alter the essential character of the locality." The proposed rear yard setback between 11.4 and 5.6 feet where a 30-foot setback is required places the structure closer to the rear lot line than any other home on Orchard Beach Place. 4. "Economic considerations alone do not constitute practical difficulties." The Applicant purchased the Property for$100,000 in 2014. There is nothing in the record to suggest that denial of the requested rear yard setback variance impairs the value of the Property. 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 residence is an allowed use in the LR-1 B Lakeshore Residential District. 7. "The board or council may permit as a variance the temporary use of a one-family dwelling as a finro-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 conditions applying to the Property apply to all other properties in the LR-1 B zoning district, which are subject to the same zoning standards as the Property. 9. "The conditions do not apply generally to other land or structures in the district in which the land is located."The Property is extremely substandard in area under current codes, and was originally platted as a Commons Lot, which traditionally and in this case within the 1885 plat of SAGA HILL was not originally intended as a building site. Building lots within the plat of SAGA HILL were given standard Iot and block numbers, and were significantly larger than the Property. The conditions that have been in place regarding buildability of pre-existing record lots apply to all platted lots within the LR-1 B district. 4