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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION <br />RESOLUTION NO. 484-96 <br /> <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />RESOLUTION APPROVING A VARIANCE IN THE MOUNDS VIEW SIGN CODE TO <br />ALLOW THREE MONUMENT SIGNS AT THE MOUNDS VIEW SQUARE SHOPPING <br />CENTER, 2535-2585 HIGHWAY 10; PLANNING CASE NO. 462-96. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Mounds View Planning Commission has reviewed the request from <br />Mounds View Assoc. LLP for the construction of four monument signs at the Mounds View <br />Square Shopping Center, with two of these signs to be placed at the driveway entrances from <br />Highway 10, one at the intersection of Long Lake Road and Highway 10, and one at the <br />intersection of County Road I and Highway 10; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the applicant has proposed these monument signs to each be 12 feet in height <br />and 18 feet in width, for an area of 216 square feet; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, this property is in the B-4 zoning district, which allows 100 square feet of <br />signage for each tenant, and a 340 square foot pylon sign; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Mounds View is proposing to construct a pedestrian bridge <br />across Highway 10 just west of Long Lake Road; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the position of the bridge will block the view ofa portion of the shopping <br />center's face and its center identification sign from view by motorists traveling on Highway 10, <br />from east to west; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the heaviest traffic in the east to west direction is evening, homebound <br />commute traffic, when motorists are more likely to stop to shop than motorists traveling to work; <br />and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the criteria used to evaluate variances <br />from the Sign Code as stated in Section 1008.11 and does hereby make the following findings: <br /> <br />a. Exccptional or extraordinary circumstances apply to the propcrty which do not apply <br />generally to othcr properties in the same zonc or vicinity and result from lot size or shape, <br />topography or other circumstances over which thc owncrs or the property since the effective <br />datc hcreofhad no control. <br /> <br />c. That the special conditions or circumstances do not result from tlIe actions of the applicant. <br /> <br />The property is developed with a retail building that is L-shaped and set back from <br />Highway 10. The City is proposing to construct a pedestrian bridge across Highway 10 at <br />