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• 11 1 on the side of his building for people approaching from the 2 south. In summary, he stated that new signage on the 3 building would improve the appearance of the store and 4 thereby enhance the area. He stated that Mr. Berggren '.s 5 store does suffer a unique hardship because it is so distant 6 from the main traveled roadway and because it has such a 7 small window of visibility. He said that, while -Mr. 8 Berggren ' s store is 1 , 440 feet from Silver Lake Road, the 9 typical supermarket is less than 100 feet from a main 10 traveled roadway. To further diminish the visibility of Mr. 11 Berggren ' s supermarket by diminishing the size of the sign 12 could conceivably hurt business . 13 14 The hearing was closed at 8 : 53 p.m. for Commisssion 15 consideration of a recommendation. 16 17 Commissioner Werenicz asked Assistant VanderHeyden if she 18 had been able to discover any past sign variances granted to 19 the property now occupied by Country Store . Assistant 20 VanderHeyden replied that the records which were immediately 21 accessible did not go back far enough, and that older 22 records would have to be procured from the vault during 23 regular office hours . Commissioner Werenicz stated that he 24 would not be opposed to the new signage if evidence of a 25 previous sign variance could be obtained. 26 27 Commissioner Hansen commented that a somewhat false 28 impression had been made by claiming that the signage would 29 be smaller than what currently exists , particularly when 30 taking into consideration the altered liquor store signage . 31 32 Commissioner Faust commented that in some cases the 33 Commissioners are guided by precedents while in other cases 34 they are not . He stated that , since no evidence was 35 immediately available to show a previous variance , he would 36 approach the issue by considering its merits . Commissioner 37 Hansen stated that he was not opposed to the signage as 38 proposed, but requested that staff research previous 39 variances prior to the City Council meeting so that the 40 Council might have that information available to them for 41 their consideration. Commissioner Brownell agreed with 42 Commissioner Hansen ' s suggestion and stated that he , too, 43 felt that the proposal had merit . 44 45 Motion by Faust , seconded by Brownell , to approve the 46 sign variance request as submitted for Vernon Berggren, 2508 47 - 38th Avenue NE, finding that the request meets the three 48 statutory requirements for a variance; that the store ' s 49 distance from the main traveled roadway and limited 50 visibility constitute a distinct and unusual hardship which