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MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 575-99 <br /> CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br /> COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE FROM CHAPTER 1008 OF THE <br /> MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO SIGNAGE TO ALLOW A PERMANENT, <br /> FREESTANDING PYLON SIGN AT 2791 HIGHWAY 10, KINDERCARE LEARNING <br /> CENTER; PLANNING CASE NO. 549-99 <br /> WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the request of Jones <br /> Sign Company, representing KinderCare Learning Center, to allow for a permanent, freestanding <br /> pylon sign at property located at 2791 Highway 10; and, <br /> WHEREAS, this property is zoned R-3, Medium Density Residential, and is legally <br /> described as follows: <br /> Subject to Highway,Lots 129 and 130, Spring Lake Park Hillview, <br /> City of Mounds View, County of Ramsey <br /> WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents associated • <br /> with this request: <br /> 1. Planning Application <br /> 2. Zoning Map <br /> 3. Sign Plans <br /> WHEREAS, the Planning Commission, acting as the Board of Adjustment and Appeals, <br /> may grant variances to specific requirements within the Zoning Code under unique, exceptional or <br /> extraordinary circumstances; and, <br /> WHEREAS, exceptional or extraordinary circumstances do apply to the property which <br /> do not apply generally to other properties in the same zone or vicinity and result from lot size or <br /> shape, topography or other circumstances over which the owners of the property since the <br /> effective date hereof have had no control, in that the use is of a commercial nature and is located <br /> within the Highway 10 commercial corridor yet the underlying zoning is residential, a district in <br /> which advertising signage is prohibited; and, <br /> WHEREAS, the literal interpretation of the provisions of this Title would deprive the <br /> applicant of rights commonly enjoyed by other properties in the same district in that all businesses <br /> --including day care facilities--located in a commercial district are allowed (depending upon the <br /> particular zoning district) a minimum of 100 square feet of signage. Granting of this variance <br /> would provide the day care center the same rights commonly enjoyed by other businesses; and, • <br />