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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION <br />RESOLUTION NO. 575-99 <br /> <br />CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <br />WHEREAS, this property is zoned R-3, Medium Density Residential, and is legally <br />described as follows: <br /> <br />Subject to Highway, Lots 129 ami 130, Spring Lake Park Nil/view, <br />City of Mounds View, County of Ramsey <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the following documents associated <br />with this request: <br /> <br />1. Planning Applicallon <br />2. Zoning Map <br />3. Sign Plans <br /> <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 /> <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 [rom 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 /> <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 />