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Resolution 6875 Option C Page 2 WHEREAS, Clear Channel Outdoor has appealed the Planning Commission’s denial of the requested variance to the City Council for reconsideration. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mounds View City Council makes the following findings of fact relating to the Clear Channel Outdoor application for a variance to exceed by ten feet the maximum established height provision for a billboard on County Road 10: 1. Exceptional or extraordinary circumstances do not apply to this property which would warrant approval of the requested variance. There are other potential locations within the County Road 10 corridor at which a billboard could potentially be sited without the need for a height variance. 2. The literal interpretation of the provisions of the Zoning Code would not deprive the Applicant the ability to site a billboard within the County Road 10 corridor. 3. Granting the variance would confer upon the Applicant a special privilege that would not be extended to other property owners on the County Road 10 corridor. 4. The variance would be materially detrimental to the purpose of this Title or to other property in the corridor in that the City desires lower height signs within the County Road 10 corridor. 5. The proposed variance and resulting 45-foot tall billboard could substantially diminish or impair property values within the corridor and negatively impact the community’s vision for the corridor. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, based upon the above finding of fact and testimony provided at the public hearing, the Mounds View City Council UPHOLDS AND AFFIRMS THE PLANNING COMMISSION’S DENIAL of the requested variance for a 45-foot tall billboard at 2200 County Road 10. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mounds View City Council makes the following findings of fact relating to the Clear Channel Outdoor application for an Interim Use Permit (IUP) for a billboard at 2200 County Road 10: 1. The billboard at the proposed location would detrimentally affect the adjoining property due to obstruction from the column and sign faces. 2. The billboard could potentially be located elsewhere on County Road 10 causing less impact and obstruction to the subject and adjacent properties.