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I I I 1 1) all three conditions required by statute to be satisfied affirmatively 2 before a variance can be granted, have been met with this proposal; 3 2) the fact that the restaurant is located on three streets seems to • 4 justify the variance; 5 3) no neighborhood opposition to the variance was expressed to staff 6 prior to or after the Planning Commission August 16th hearing or 7 demonstrated during either that hearing or the Council's consideration 8 of the proposal, August 23rd. 9 motion carried unanimously. 10 Applicant's Willingness to Locate Burger King Sign Next to Signalized 11 Entrance Leads to Council Granting Sign Variance for Apache Restaurant 12 Signage 13 The Council agenda packet contained the same documents as had been 14 provided the Planning Commission with the addition of the floor plan and 15 elevations for the proposed restaurant building and a copy of the 16 minutes for the Council's December 5, 1985 meeting related to the sign 17 the Council had given the Hardee's Restaurant owner to erect a monument 18 sign on. his property just north of Apache, which he had not erected to 19 date, preferring to keep the existing roof sign instead. 20 Proponents 21 William Sikora, Project Manager for the C. G. Rein Company and Dennis 22 Cavanaugh, President of that company, were again present to. seek 23 approval for a Burger King Restaurant to be erected in almost the same 24 location as the existing Sports and Health Club building on the north 25 side of Apache Mall as well as signage for the restaurant, which would 26 require a variance to the City's Sign Ordinance. 27 Mr. Sikora reiterated much of the information he had given the Planning 28 Commission, adding . that the site plans had been redrawn to make the 29 changes suggested by the Planning Commissioners for rerouting traffic 30 flow from the drive up window in such a manner as not to interfere with 31 traffic on the adjacent north service road. A revised drawing of the 32 site with these changes incorporated was shown for the benefit of the 33 Council and residents of the townhomes directly across Silver Lake 34 Road. The plans included the suggested widening of the median east of 35 the drive-through lane to 25 feet and showed tall bushes and trees to 36 screen the call box and the parking lot adjacent to the site from the 37 Midwest Federal parking lot and the view of the residents in the 38 townhouses. Similar screening was indicated for the service road and 39 Equinox Apartments on the existing island running east and west which 40 had been extended as requested farther to the west for safer traffic 41 flow away from the drive-up window. 6 •