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• Planning Commission Planning Case No. 468-96: Saturn Development November 20, 1996 Page 3 The amount of signage allowed on this site will not be increased by the granting of this variance. The total sign area on the site will be 279 square feet, where 440 square feet are allowed. Redistribution of sign area from what would be allowed for a pylon sign to monument-style directional signs will reduce the visual impact of signage on the site. The applicant will be unable to provide adequate directional signage to customers without approval of this variance. Such signage is needed to improve safety and smooth traffic flow. e. That the variance requested is the minimum variance which would alleviate the hardship. f. The variance requested would not be materially detrimental to the purpose of this Title or to other property in the same zone. The amount of signage requested, when added to the existing signage on the site, is 161 square feet less than the sign area permitted to the site. The size of the directional signs in modest in comparison to the scale of the site and the length of the frontages. The use of directional signage, as opposed to a larger pylon sign, will make the signage on the site more functional. • Staff Recommendation: Favorable to granting the variance based on the fact that the total amount of signage on the site is less than allowed by the Code, and the size of and activities on the site require additional directional signage for customers to insure safety and smooth traffic flow. cc: Jim Price, Saturn Development, P.O. Box 10813, White Bear Lake, MN 55110; FAX 790-9416 Darwin Lindahl, Darwin Lindahl Architects, P.A. 5701 Shingle Creek Parkway, Suite#130, Minneapolis, MN 55430; FAX 560-0441 Francis J. Coyle, Mr., Coyle, Gilman& Stengel, 305 First of America Bank Building, 100 Seventeenth Street, Rock Island, IL 61201; FAX 788-0480 c:\wpdocs\devcases\468-96\468-96.sr • 110