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Item #5B <br /> • REQUEST FOR PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION <br /> Meeting Date: November 6, 1996 <br /> Staff Report by: Pamela Sheldon, Community Development Director <br /> Planning Case 462-96 <br /> File No.: <br /> Request: The applicant, Mounds View Assoc. LLP, is requesting a variance <br /> in the City Sign Code to allow a center identification sign for <br /> Mounds View Square which exceeds the area and height <br /> requirements. <br /> Petitioner: Mounds View Assoc. LLP <br /> Location: 2535-2585 Highway 10 <br /> PIN No. 07-30-23-11-0079 <br /> Zoning/Land Use: B-4 <br /> Mounds View Square Shopping Center <br /> • Applicable Regulations: The regulations applicable to this request are stated and discussed <br /> under the analysis section of this report. <br /> Attachments: Zoning Map <br /> Planning Application <br /> Letter from Paster Enterprises dated October 3, 1996 <br /> Background: <br /> The City of Mounds View is pursuing the construction of a pedestrian bride over Highway <br /> 10. It will span the highway just west of Long Lake Road. The applicant is concerned <br /> that the bridge will obscure the identification sign for the shopping center. The City is <br /> endeavoring to obtain an easement from the applicant for the ramp. The applicant is <br /> reluctant to grant such an easement without the City addressing the possible obstruction to <br /> the visibility of the shopping center which might be created by the bridge. Staff suggested <br /> to the applicant that they apply for a variance based on a visual simulation of the bridge <br /> and its relation to the shopping center identification sign. <br /> The applicant has provided a photograph showing the bridge as it would appear from <br /> Highway 10 southeast of the intersection with Long Lake Road. This photograph showed <br /> that the existing Mounds View Square pylon sign would be obscured. At your meeting on <br /> • <br />