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• MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 489-96 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE IN THE MOUNDS VIEW SIGN CODE TO ALLOW TWO MONUMENT SIGNS AS DIRECTIONAL SIGNS FOR THE SATURN DEALERSHIP, 2375-2395 HIGHWAY 10; PLANNING CASE No. 468-96. WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the request from Saturn Development for the construction of two monument signs at the Saturn Dealership, which is proposed to expand to include their existing site and the Citgo gasoline station; and, WHEREAS, the applicant has proposed two monument signs which would be 5 feet high and 8 feet 6.5 inches wide, or 42.7 sq.ft. and which would be located at the westernmost driveway on Highway 10 and the easternmost driveway on County Road H2; and, WHEREAS, the sign on Highway 10 would"be on the Citgo gasoline station property, and the sign on County Road H2 would be on the existing Saturn dealership property; and, • WHEREAS, this property is in the B-3 Highway Business District, which allows 100 square feet of signage for each business occupant, and a 340 square foot pylon sign; and, WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the criteria used to evaluate variances from the Sign Code as stated in Section 1008.11 and does hereby make the following findings: a. Exceptional or extraordinary circumstances apply to the property which do not apply generally to other properties in the same zone or vicinity and result from lot size or shape, topography or other circumstances over which the owners or the property since the effective date hereof had no control. c. That the special conditions or circumstances do not result from the actions of the applicant. The Saturn dealership has 764 feet of frontage along Highway 10 and 580 feet of frontage along County Road H2, and two driveways on each frontage. This amount of frontage is longer than most properties along the commercial corridor on Highway 10. The City's Sign Code limits properties in the B-3 district to two types of signage: one 340 square foot pylon sign and business occupant signage not to exceed 100 square feet. The Sign Code does not anticipate the provision of directional signage on properties in the B-3 district. Due to the long frontages and the types of activities on this site, directional signage is needed to insure customer safety and smooth traffic flow. The applicant's proposal does not increase the total square footage of signage above the amount allowed by the Sign Code, but redistributes sign area from what would have been displayed on the pylon sign to two monument-style directional signs.