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I I 1 -8- 2 2 . that no vegetation higher than- 3-1/2 feet -be planted along 3 37th- Avenue from Roosevelt. Street to the eastern edge of the. 4 house; and 5 3 . that no curb cut off on 37th Avenue be allowed. 6 In recommending these variances be granted, the Planning Commission 7 finds that: 8 *other uses of the lot seem to be limited; 9 *the extent of the variance .request presented at this time dif- 10 fers greatly from the variances which were denied in 1979 for a 11 duplex; 12 *all three conditions required by statute to be satisfied affirma- 13 tively before these variances can be granted have been met and 14 satisfactorily addressed by the applicant in his petition. 15 Motion carried unanimously. 16 MISCELLANEOUS 17 Dairy Queen Owner Explains Signage 18 In his July 17th memorandum to the Commission related to the signage on 19 the above, Mr. Childs .reiterated the differences in perceptions which 20 had arisen since the Dairy Queen had been remodeled with two identifying 21 signs in the mansard and retention of the revolving roof sign, which had 22 been "grandfathered in" with the 1973 City Ordinance. -As indicated in 23 the minutes of the October 21 , 1986 Planning Commission hearing on 24 proposed signage for the establishment, the City Manager reiterated 25 that he had not been in attendance, but rather the Public Works 26 Department Director had. given the staff report on the signage request. 27 The Manager said what he had perceived from hearing all sides of the . 28 question was that members of -the- Planning Commission, the Dairy Queen 29 owner, Al Plaisted, and Mr. Hamer was that "evidently not everybody 30 functioned on the same wave length related to understanding that 31 meeting" because the Commissioners believe they were firm above only two 32 signs being erected and Mr. Plaisted thought he was allowed three and :33 went ahead and put up all three when the facility was remodeled to match 34 the new -design adopted for all Dairy Queen stores. A copy of the June 35 28, 1987 , letter to Mr. Plaisted from Charles Anderson of the Blue Line 36 Construction Company, contractors for the project had been included in 37 the agenda packet and set forth the contractor ' s understanding of the 38 events which led to the erection of three signs on the store. The 39 Commissioners had also been provided with copies of the pertinent 40 .minutes of the October 21st meeting in their agenda packets.