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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 25, 1.995 • Page 4 1 square footage of the existing sign and the proposed second sign are still below the total 2 square footage of signage allowable by City Code. 3 Councilmember Fleming arrived at 7:15 P.M. 4 Marks confirmed that Berger Transfer had indeed expanded outward toward the street 5 after Autotraac was in business. He indicated he was having difficulty finding the 6 hardship for this variance. 7 Mr. John Bulicz, Owner of Autotraac, reported he has talked to numerous customers who 8 have driven past Autotraac for'ten years and never knew the business existed. He stated 9 he was trying to expand the business, to prosper and grow in this community. 10 Motion by Enrooth, second by Fleming to approve a sign variance that would allow a 11 second identifying commercial sign for Autotraac, 3009 - 37th Avenue N.E., on the basis 12 that it is within the sign surface regulation, the strict enforcement of the ordinance would 13 cause hardship as the plight was not created by the land owner, these are unique 14 circumstances to the individual, and it would not alter the essential character of the 15 locality. 406 Vote: Councilmembers Enrooth, Ranallo, Fleming, and Wagner voted yes. 17 Councilmember Marks voted nay. 18 Motion carried. 19 3. Larry Beach 3111 Silver Lake Road. Front and Back Yard Setback Variance and 20 Lot Area Variance. 21 . Chair Bergstrom reported the petition was requesting variances for property at 3111 22 Silver Lake Road. He stated this property was acquired as part of the St. Anthony HRA 23 program for scattered-site redevelopment. The same process was initiated for 3112 Silver 24 Lake Road in 1993. These two lots are the same size and Larry Beach is proposing to 25 redevelop the 3111 Silver Lake Road property. In order to build an updated, modern 26 home, Mr. Beach has petitioned for the following variances which will be required for the 27 redevelopment of 3111 Silver Lake Road. They are the same variances that were 28 approved for 3112 Silver Lake Road. A front yard variance of fifteen feet; the ordinance 29 requires 30 feet in the front yard setback. Back yard variance of twelve feet; the 30 ordinance requires 25 feet in the back yard setback. Lot area variance of 440 square feet 31 because it is a corner lot; the ordinance requires that corner lots have a square footage of 32 11,000 feet. This lot has 10,560 square feet. Bergstrom reported that currently, the 33 property at 3111 Silver Lake Road has a front yard setback of approximately 15 feet and Q4 in addition, there is a six foot right-of-way that the City owns. The proposed structure 5 will sit 21 feet from Townview Avenue and it's west side yard will be 31 feet from Silver 36 Lake Road. The back of the structure will be 13 feet from the property line and abuts the