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• Item #6B • REQUEST FOR PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION Meeting Date: October 9, 1996 Staff Report by: Pamela Sheldon, Community Development Director Planning Case 462-96 File No.: Request: The applicant, Mounds View Assoc. LLP, is requesting a.variance in the City Sign Code to allow a center identification sign for Mounds View Square which exceeds the area and height requirements. Petitioner: Mounds View Assoc. LLP Location: 2535-2585 Highway 10 PIN No. 07-30-23-11-0079 Zoning/Land Use: B-4 Mounds View Square Shopping Center • Applicable Regulations: The regulations applicable to this request are stated and discussed under the analysis section of this report. Attachments: Zoning Map Planning Application Letter from Paster Enterprises dated October 3, 1996 Diagram showing Bridge Design Visual Simulation showing Sign& Pedestrian Bridge Concept Drawing of Center Identification Sign Background: The City of Mounds View is pursuing the construction of a pedestrian bride over Highway 10. It will span the highway just west of Long Lake Road. A preliminary design for the bridge has been prepared and submitted to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. A diagram showing the layout of the bridge is attached. The ramp from the north end of the bridge is proposed to be located on property owned by the applicant and developed as the Mounds View Square Shopping Center. The applicant is concerned that the bridge will obscure the identification sign for the shopping center. The City is endeavoring to obtain an easement from the applicant for the ramp. The applicant is reluctant to grant such an easement without the City addressing the possible obstruction to the visibility of 41 the shopping center which might be created by the bridge. Staff suggested to the applicant