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PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES DOCUMENTATION <br /> KEN AND SHERALYN SADDLER <br /> 2755 ETHEL AVENUE PC Exhibit o <br /> 1. The property owner is proposing to use the property in a reasonable manner, but the size of the lot is <br /> below the minimum lot size standards of the zoning code. <br /> 2. The plight of the property owner is due to the substandard lot size. The lot size was determined many <br /> years ago, before current zoning codes and before the current structure was built in 2016. A different, <br /> smaller structure occupied the lot prior to 2016. The builder of the current structure conformed to the <br /> hardcover restrictions of the zoning code for the substandard lot by maximizing utilization of the 25% <br /> hardcover allowance available for substandard lots. The current property owners purchased the home <br /> unaware of the 25% hardcover limit and now wish to improve the backyard area requiring an <br /> approximate allowance of 30% hardcover,which is consistent with the Tier 2 area of the Casco Point <br /> neighborhood. <br /> 3. All adjoining lots are designated Tier 2,which allows 30%hardcover. <br /> 4. Economic considerations are not a factor. <br /> 5. N/A <br /> 6. Already in use as a single-family residence, which is permitted in LR-1C. <br /> 7. N/A <br /> 8. The hardcover restrictions applying to this property are similar to those of other adjoining properties. <br /> 9. The standards applicable to this property apply to all properties in the immediate area however,to allow <br /> 30% hardcover for this property requires a variance for lot area and width. <br /> 10. The property rights of the owner will be diminished if the variance is not granted, as the residence built <br /> in 2016 does not have the 30%hardcover allowance of neighboring similar-sized lots. <br /> 11. Granting of the variance would not in any way impair health, safety, comfort, or morals and would not <br /> be contrary to the zoning code. <br /> 12. Granting of the variance will alleviate a practical difficulty by allowing the property owner to improve the <br /> usefulness of the backyard area to the same standards as other properties in the immediate <br /> neighborhood. <br /> FEB 0 9 2017 <br /> # 3909 CITY OF ORONO <br />