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Pianning Commission Resotution No. 484-96 <br />November 20, 1946 <br />Page 2 <br />Long Lake Road which wiii block the view of a portion of the front face of ihe shopping <br />center and its center identification sign until motorists travel under the bridge. The <br />monument signs proposed at the two driveway entrances will alert motorists to where io <br />turn in the most efficient way possible, since they will be at the roadway edge and more at <br />eye level. They will compensate foc the lack of visibility of ihe center. At present it is <br />very di#iicult to find the driveway entrailces into Mounds View Square at night. <br />The monument sign a� the intersection of Long Lake Road and Highway 10 wzll provide <br />signage in advance of the bridg� structure �or motorists traveling west, wi'ich is needed <br />since the bridge will block the vier� of the center identification sign. � <br />b. The literal interpretation of the provisions of this Title would deprive tize applicant of rights <br />commonly enjoyed by other properties in the same district under the terms of this Title. <br />d. That granting the variance requested will not confer on the applicant any special privilege <br />that is deriied by ihis iitle to owners of other lands, str�actures or buildings in the same <br />district. <br />g. Circumstances under which the iiteral interpretation of the provisions of this Titie create arz <br />undue hardship on the applicant. Economic hardship may be a circumstance for issuance of <br />a vanance. <br />The Sign Code allows for tenan� identification signs and one pyion sign to identify ihe <br />overall shopping center. The construction of a pedestrian bridge will btock the visibility o�F <br />both the tenant signage and the pylon sigr� for l�lounds View Square until motorzsts have <br />traveied under the bridge. The visibility of other shopping centers in Mounds View will <br />not be impacted by the bridge construction. Ali other properties which abut Highway 10 <br />have clear visibiiity from the highway and are not obscured by overhead structures. The <br />impact on Mou��ds View Square will be the most significant due to the angle of the <br />highway, the layoui of the shopping center and the position of the bridge. <br />e. That the variance requested is the minirtatam variance which would alleviate the hardship. <br />f The variance requested would nol- be materially detrimental to the purpose of this Title or to <br />other property in the same zone. <br />The applicant has requested four monument signs, measuring 12 feet tall and 18 feet wide. <br />One is proposed to be tocaied at the intersection of Long Lake Road and Highway 10, in <br />advance of the bridge s�ructure to alert motorists to the upcoming shopping cenier, two at <br />the driveway entrances from Highway 10, and one at the intersection of Count� Road I <br />and I�i�hwav 10. The first three signs are needed because the center identifica�ion sign <br />v+rill be bloeiced by the bridge from motorists' view when they travel from easi io wesi on <br />Highway I0. The size of the signs is approximately half the height of mon�ament style <br />