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Mounds View Plan Planning Commission April 19, 2000 Regular Meeting Page 8 7. Planning Case VR00-003 Property Involved: 2400 County Road J. Discussion Regarding a Variance Request to Allow for a Reduced Minimum Spacing Between Two Billboards. Applicant: DeLite Outdoor Advertising Company, Inc. The applicant was present. Planning Associate Ericson gave the staff report as follows: The item is the consideration and public hearing of a variance request by DeLite Outdoor Advertising to allow for a reduced minimum spacing requirement between two billboards. The two affected billboards are located at the southern end of the Sysco property and the northern end of the Bridges Golf Course property. The distance separating the two billboards would be approximately 500 feet. Planning Associate Ericson stated this item has been discussed at several meetings during the past two months in relation to the interim use permit and the variance requirements. He indicated staff has drafted Resolution 613-00, which approves the variance request based upon the discussions at the April 5th Planning Commission meeting, at which time, a list of hardship statements was comprised which address the seven criteria for approving the request. He indicated Exhibit A depicts the locations of the billboards, and specifies the location of the two billboards that would have the reduced separation of 500 feet. He pointed out that this attachment indicates that the distance between the billboards would be approximately 550 feet, however, this would actually be closer to 500 feet, therefore, staff would recommend any references to the distance be changed to indicate 500 feet, and that Exhibit A also be amended to reflect this. Peter Coyle, representative of DeLite Outdoor Advertising and Sysco Foods stated he would like to clarify for the record that from the perspective of DeLite and Sysco, the hardship that justifies the variance request is created by the inability of the City to adjust the placement of the billboards that were previously approved on the golf course property. Mr. Coyle indicated there is ample space on the golf course property to adjust the City billboards to accommodate Sysco’s proposed billboards. He stated there is sufficient spacing between the two proposed Sysco billboards, and the variance does not apply to those, but rather the easternmost Sysco proposed billboard, as separated from the westernmost golf course sited billboard. He explained that the difficulty is presented in attempting to achieve the City’s minimum spacing requirement of 1000 feet, as set forth in the City’s interim use ordinance.