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NI)W. \RI1 D. McMENOMY <br />LARRY 4. SE VE RSON" <br />.JAMES P. SIIELDON <br />.1. PA'I'RL('1< \VILCOX' <br />TRRE:NCK P. DURKIN <br />MICHAEL G. DOUGIII:RTY <br />REND .1. IIANSE:N <br />M[CHAEL E. MOL ENDA "* <br />',ALSO Lil'I:NSI:O IN IOWA <br />'^ALSO LICENSED IN IVISIbNSIN <br />)Also LICENSED IN NEBRASKA <br />McMENOMY & SEVERSON <br />A PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION <br />ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br />1'REPLY TO: <br />7300 WEST I47111 STREET <br />P.O. BOX 24328 <br />APPLE VALLEY, MINNESOTA 56121 <br />TELEFAX NUMBER .132.13080 <br />1612) 43'28136 <br />❑ REPLY TO: <br />14450 SOUTH ROBERT TRAIL <br />ROSEMOUNT. MINNESOTA 55068 <br />(612) 423.1155 <br />February 28, 1989 <br />Little Canada Planning Commission <br />Re: APPEAL OF FINA OIL AND CHEMICAL CO. <br />Dear Commissioners: <br />PAUL. J. S'I'H?R <br />PA'T'RICK W. STI WART <br />KEVIN P. CARROIk <br />KENNETH R. HALL <br />SCOTT U. JOH NS'IY)Nt <br />JOSEPII P. EARLI:Y <br />MART L. GOLIKI' <br />MICHAEL, 0. McUANN <br />OF COUNSEL: <br />LI %)NAltl P. RIERNKC <br />JOIIN E. VUIU:LICH <br />Fina Oil and Chemical Co. ( "Fina ") hereby appeals the decisions of <br />the Little Canada City Council which deny Fina's request to change <br />its existing 30 foot high, four -sided pylon sign to a new two -sided <br />30 foot pylon sign which incorporates Fina's new color scheme (a <br />drawing of the new sign is attached as Exhibit A). In this Appeal, <br />Fina again requests that the. City allow it to replace its sign as <br />recommended by this Planning Commission on August 11, 1988, based <br />on, among others, the precedent set in the Union 76 ( "Unical ") <br />case. (copy attached as Exhibit B). <br />More specifically, Fina appeals the City Council's decisions: <br />1. Denying Fina's requested variance to replace the existing <br />Fina "four poster" 30 foot high pylon sign with Fina's <br />new corporate style "two poster" 30 foot high pylon sign <br />which contained the new Fina graphics (denied by City <br />RESOLUTION NO. 88 -8 -349, August. 24, 1988, copy attached <br />as Exhibit C); and, <br />2. The City's RESOLUTION NO.. 88 -9 -410, (September 28, 1988), <br />which further tabled Fina's request to install the new 30 <br />foot two poster sign.. (copy attached as Exhibit D). <br />Based upon precedence established by prior City decisions, relevant <br />code provisions and fundamental concepts of fair play, due process <br />and equal protection, Fina requests that the City Council reverse <br />its prior Resolutions and rule that: <br />1. Fina may replace its existing 30 foot four poster sign <br />with the new corporate image two poster 30 foot pylon <br />sign without the necessity of obtaining a variance as the <br />city held in the Union 76 sign request (and, apparently, <br />Page 41 <br />