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• Planning Commission Resolution No.484-96 November 20, 1996 Page 2 Long Lake Road which will block the view of a portion of the front face of the shopping center and its center identification sign until motorists travel under the bridge. The monument signs proposed at the two driveway entrances will alert motorists to where to turn in the most efficient way possible, since they will be at the roadway edge and more at eye level. They will compensate for the lack of visibility of the center. At present it is very difficult to find the driveway entrances into Mounds View Square at night. The monument sign at the intersection of Long Lake Road and Highway 10 will provide signage in advance of the bridge structure for motorists traveling west, which is needed since the bridge will block the view of the center identification sign. b. The literal interpretation of the provisions of this Title would deprive the applicant of rights commonly enjoyed by other properties in the same district under the terms of this Title. d. That granting the variance requested will not confer on the applicant any special privilege that is denied by this Title to owners of other lands,structures or buildings in the same district. g. Circumstances under which the literal interpretation of the provisions of this Title create an • undue hardship on the applicant. Economic hardship may be a circumstance for issuance of a variance. The Sign Code allows for tenant identification signs and one pylon sign to identify the overall shopping center. The construction of a pedestrian bridge will block the visibility of both the tenant signage and the pylon sign for Mounds View Square until motorists have traveled under the bridge. The visibility of other shopping centers in Mounds View will not be impacted by the bridge construction. All other properties which abut Highway 10 have clear visibility from the highway and are not obscured by overhead structures. The impact on Mounds View Square will be the most significant due to the angle of the highway, the layout of the shopping center and the position of the bridge. 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 applicant has requested three monument signs, measuring 12 feet tall and 18 feet wide. One is proposed to be located at the intersection of Long Lake Road and Highway 10, in advance of the bridge structure to alert motorists to the upcoming shopping center, and two at the driveway entrances from Highway 10. The signs are needed because the center identification sign will be blocked by the bridge from motorists' view when they • travel from east to west on Highway 10. The size of the signs is approximately half the height of monument style signs along Highway 10 and elsewhere used as the sole