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Mounds View Planning Commission November 6, 1996 11111 Regular Meeting Page 16 saying there were two issues of concern; the first had to do with the amount of landscaping required on the site, and she indicated that they do have sufficient landscaping to meet the ten percent requirement, and the other item had to do with signage. She explained that the existing site has a pylon-style sign that identifies the dealership and a monument sign that identifies the used cars and that Saturn is proposing to add two monument signs at the entrances to the dealership, one on County Road H2 and the other along Highway 10, that would be the same size as the one existing (8.5 feet high by 5 feet wide) for a total of 42.7 square feet. Staff does not have any objections to the sign from an aesthetic standpoint and the ordinance indicates that they are within the area allowed, but the Code does not allow for 4 this number or the proposed placement of signs. She informed the Commission that the total area of signage permitted on the site allows 100 square feet of wall signage and a 340 foot pylon sign which totals 440 square feet. She informed them that the existing pylon sign is 100 square feet, the existing wall sign in 50 square feet, and the monument sign for used cars is 42 square feet for a total of 200 square feet which leaves 240 square feet. The additional monument signs are 85 square feet. She noted that the Code does not address monument signs at entrances and asked for direction from the Planning Commission on whether signage could be redistributed through a variance, because it is less than the signage allowed and it improves how the site functions. Commissioner Miller asked if Saturn's request was actually more of a directional type signage and Director Sheldon indicated that Saturn's request is for signage slightly larger than what 4111 is accepted as directional signage. Separate from the signage, Director Sheldon stated that