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Little Canada Planning Commission 9 February 1987 ' Page Two The applicant's signs would be non - conforming in height, area, and number of freestanding signs. In addition, no signs may move or rotate, as does one of the applicant's freestanding signs. Gasoline price signs are considered informational signs and are exempted from certain restrictions, however, they may have no business identification on them. Currently, the freestanding sign which rotates is also utilized as a gas price sign. Variances, by ordinance direction, are to be considered on the basis of hardship. Included in the criteria for variance approval are stipulations that the variance may not confer a special privilege denied to other properties in the district, or that denial of such a variance would deprive the applicant of rights commonly enjoyed by other properties. The City has been consistent in the application of the Sign Ordinance restrictions to new development, as well as to buildings requesting changes in sign plans. A case in point is the recent McDonald's appli- cation for a larger sign, exceeding ordinance height limitations. The City denied that variance due to the lack of physical hardship and adherence to ordinance standards. RECOMMENDATION It is our recommendation that the sign variances be denied on the basis that the requests do not conform to the ordinance standards for commercial signage and there is no hardship present to allow a variance, as defined by the Zoning Ordinance. cc: Joe Chlebeck Tom Sweeney John Palacio Don Carley Robert Sherlock page 12