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CITY OF LINO LAKES RESOLUTION NO. 14-66 VARIANCES FOR ISABELL ESTATES WHEREAS, a request has been submitted to the City for the approval of variances for the preliminary plat, Isabell Estates, located at 535 Lois Lane and legally described as: Lot 3, Block 1, Mar Don Acres; and WHEREAS, review and approvals of variances are governed by state statutes and City ordinances, and WHEREAS, the Lino Lakes City Council makes the following Findings of Fact: a. The variance shall be in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the ordinance. The general purpose and intent of the R-1, Single Family Residential District is to provide a residential atmosphere for those persons desiring a single family neighborhood with a suburban density. The district is intended for development of single family detached homes on lots served with public sanitary sewer and water. The four (4) lot residential subdivision proposed for Isabell Estates meets the general purpose and intent of providing single family housing All four (4) lots will be served by public water and sanitary sewer. The development will not be detrimental to the public health, safety or general welfare of the neighborhood. b. The variance shall be consistent with the comprehensive plan. The variance is consistent with the comprehensive plan. The parcel is guided low density residential per the City's Comprehensive Plan which allows for 1.6 to 3.9 dwelling units per acre. The proposal of 3.60 units per acre is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan's guided land use and density for residential development. c. There shall be practical difficulties in complying with the ordinance. "Practical difficulties," as used in connection with the granting of a variance, means that the property owner proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted by the ordinance. Economic considerations alone do not constitute practical difficulties. Practical difficulties include, but are not limited to, inadequate access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems. The subdivision of an existing parcel and creation of four (4) residential lots are reasonable uses of the property. The practical difficulty in complying with the lot depth, lot width and setback standards of the zoning ordinance would only allow for the creation of two (2) lots and render a majority of the parcel undevelopable. This would not be consistent with the intent of the Mar Don Acres build -out plan or the previously approved Hailey Manor and Golden Acres subdivisions. 1