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CITY OF ORONO RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL NO. The request to permit installation of plumbing within the detached garage appears to be reasonable as the adjacent properties do not appear to be adversely impacted. b. The plight of the landowneris due to circumstances unique to his property not created by the landowner. The size of the garage, and the size and orientation on the Property were not the result of actions by the landowner. Plumbing is permitted within residential garages. c. The variance, if granted, will not aHer the essential character of the locality." The proposed plumbing within the garage will not alter the character of the neighborhood. 4. "Economic considerations alone do not constikte pracical difficulties." The Applicants have not requested approval based on economic considerations. 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, stabd. 2, when in harmony with Orono City Code Chapter 78." This criterion 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 76 for property in the zone where the affected person's land is located." The proposed improvements are residential in nature and are consistent with the residential zoning and the Comprehensive Plan. 7. `The board or couwt may permft as a variance the temporary use of a one -family dwelling as a two-family dwelling." This criterion is not applicable. B. "The spm conditions applying to the structure or land in question are peculiar to such property or immediately adjoining property." The Property is a corner lot with a defined front yard on Shoreline Drive with the functional front facing Carman Street. The garage, constructed in 1975, is in a nonconforming location on the Property. The proposed plumbing improvements will not increase the nonconformity. 9. `The conditions do not apply generally to other land or structures in the district in which the land is located." The nonconforming location of the garage and the corner lot status make the Property unique in the neighborhood.