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12 <br /> Acting City Manager VanderHeyden stated that <br /> two other signs , one at the entrance to the drive-through and <br /> one at the exit to the drive-through, are considered to be <br /> directional signs and were also grandfathered in. Chair <br /> Madden indicated that the bank ' s "no parking without permit" <br /> sign was also a directional sign. He noted the existence of <br /> a sign which reads "do not enter" on the side which faces <br /> Stinson Boulevard but which gives information about banking <br /> services on the side which faces cars going through the <br /> drive-through, and commented that he believed it to be <br /> non-conforming. <br /> Commissioner Hansen asked for the dimensions of <br /> the old and the new signs . Acting City Manager VanderHeyden <br /> answered that the first sign went from 43 . 8 square feet to <br /> 48 . 5 square feet, and that the second sign goes from 5. 25 <br /> square feet to 14 . 25 square feet. <br /> Chair Madden opened the public hearing at 8 : 45 p.m. <br /> Donavon Fisher, Firstar St. Anthony Bank <br /> Mr. Fisher stated that the variance request was prompted by <br /> the purchase of the bank by the First Wisconsin Corporation <br /> and the name change occasioned by that purchase . He was <br /> unable to explain why the first sign was erected. <br /> No one else was present to speak either for or <br /> against the variance and the hearing was closed at 8 : 47 p.m. <br /> Planning Commission Reaction <br /> Commissioner Hansen questioned whether the second sign would <br /> be lighted. Acting City Manager answered that the first, <br /> larger sign is to be lighted, but not the second, smaller <br /> sign. <br /> Commissioner Brownell commented that he was in <br /> favor of the new signage because it was an attractive sign, <br /> although it was a large increase in size . Commissioner <br /> Wagner commented that it was well below the total allowable <br /> limit for signage, and that it was a small sign in comparison <br /> to the size of the building. <br /> Commissioner Hansen voiced no opposition to <br /> granting the variance. He did, however, voice the opinion <br /> that this was an example of a situation in which the <br /> Commission has been involved in the past wherein signs are <br /> either already ordered, constructed, or even installed before <br /> a variance is requested, which results in undue pressure on <br />