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Resolution 1021-15 Page 2 i WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a duly -noticed public hearing regarding this request on March 18, 2015; and, WHEREAS, according to Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View Municipal Code, the Planning Commission is to review a standard set of criteria, of which all must be satisfied, in order to grant a variance to the Zoning Code. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Mounds View Planning Commission finds that the criteria as identified in Section 1125.02, Subdivision 2 of the Mounds View Municipal Code are not satisfied and finds there to be insufficient practical difficulty with regard to the property located at 2704 County Road 10, and makes the following findings of fact related to its decision: 1. The general intent of the Zoning Code regarding signage limits is for aesthetic reasons, and the sign code was recently amended to lower sign height limits for this specific reason. 2. The Comprehensive Plan focuses on improvements to the County Road 10 corridor, and even thought the applicant is trying to keep the business successful with the additional signage, allowing taller signs is not part of the desired look of the corridor. 3. The applicant is requesting this variance because the building now has additional tenants who need their business information on the sign. 4. The property is part of the County Road 10 commercial corridor and has no unique circumstances that cause a practical difficulty. The sign could be made wider and would not need a variance, but the applicant does not want to do that because of the high cost. 5. The additional sign height would make the applicant's ground sign that much taller and inconsistent with the adjacent business's 6 foot tall monument sign. 6. The variance requested is the minimum variance the applicant feels is required to provide the suitable amount of signage for his and his tenants businesses, and alleviate the applicant's practical difficulty. 7. The Planning Commission may impose conditions upon the premises as may be necessary to comply with city standards and to minimize the effect of such variance upon other properties in the neighborhood.