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Mounds View Planning Commission April 7 1999 Regular Meeting Page 5 III Chair Peterson opened the public hearing at 7:18 p.m. Hearing no pubic input, Chair Peterson closed the public hearing at 7:18 p.m. Chair Peterson stated it appears there is unanimous consent among the *sin •irect staff to prepare a resolution approving Planning Case No. 550-99, 531,2 Raym• °<:. tie, for a reduced side yard setback variance to allow for the construction of 1 t paC"AraDna eet of the side property line. '. > ` . i 6. Planning Case No. 549-99 :z:�' ;.:� 8 ic Meeting] Properties Involved: 2791 Highway 10 ~ Consideration of a Variance Request to Install a 16-Fo• all, 4 >. oot Advertising Sign on Their Property Facing Highway 10 Applicant: KinderCare (Jones Sign Company, I ' V Planning Associate Ericson gave the sta VA eport a, allows. III .,,,;, The applicant, Jones Sign Compa : _ ,. rep =nting th 'nderCare Learning Center, is requesting a variance from the Si v:, ode to . w for -,nstallation of a pylon advertising sign at KinderCar located at 27•.• way 10 TAi `e". y, even though it supports a commercial use, is zo mit" . mediuff�t' - resident.: g S •asis for this zoning is that day care facilities such as `' trig were -i=!1,0:41,4„ allowe. in commercial districts. This restriction was eliminated ,sing o , - 595 in 1997, which allowed as conditional uses day care facilities in all $ •s and ins �' t , ;;` 4, 'ng districts. Were the property zoned commercial, it could have u.,, , .$ 1 ` eet o •fined permanent signage. The current proposal would add a 16- • � a , A: -: ` • 11•t pylon sign to the existing 36 square-foot wall sign. Together the am,: ,,,,e' of signage i.p $ .low the maximum allowed 100 square feet. nv • E ion stated if the pro a ywere zoned appropriately for a day care, they would be allowed to h '4a ignage in the an”i` t being requested. This is the basis for staff's determination that a '$ ; '• exists. He each of the seven criteria established for consideration of a variance and v; .:l sis •,,, «� criteria. He noted that a variance may only be granted in those cases ' l� &• poses undue hardship or practical difficulties to the property owner. a.. Ericson indicated that a hardship clearly exists in this case. He advised that staff sent out public hearing notices to all properties within 350 feet of the KinderCare property. Of the 19 properties affected, only 12 are developed residentially. All of the others are developed commercially with the exception of Church on the Rock and a vacant parcel on the south side of Highway 10. Staff IIIhas received a call from Western Bank indicated they do not support the variance request.