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Hansen's conclusion that the City "didn't need another free standing sign on Silver Lake Road. " Although he would be opposed to a sign as large as the one proposed by the applicants, he was forced to acknowledge the City had already set the precedent for approving lighted monument signs in that area, which made it difficult to deny some sort of monument signage for the Burger King restaurant. The Chair said he could probably vote for a 6 X 6 sign. Commission Recomme dations Motion by Brownell, seconded by Werenicz to recommend the City Council grant a conditional use permit to the C. G. Rein Company to construct the f ree standing Burger King restaurant with a drive-up window proposed in the site plans presented at the August 16, 1988 Planning commission hearing with that permit made subject to the conditions in the City Zoning Ordinance for a "C" Commercial Zone and limited to the hours of operation contained in the City Code. The Commission recommends that the permit also be subject to modification of the site plans to provide southbound access into the drive-up land and to prevent immediate access onto the north service road to extend the existing island a minimum of 40 feet west without high landscaping, so visibility of cars exiting the drive through land would be provided for traffic on the service road. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by Werenicz, seconded by Madden to recommend the City Council grant the request from C. G. Rein Company for a variance from the sign regulations of the City Sign Ordinance to allow all the signage which had been requested with the exception of the monument sign adjacent to Silver Lake Road, which would be reduced to a 6 foot X 6 foot sign (72 square feet) which would bring the total signage for the three signs to 109.75 feet where the Ordinance would allow 150 square feet of signage for one sign on that building. The monument sign would be internally lit as indicated on the site plans for the building and could only be lit during the hours of operation established for recreational establishments. In recommending the variance be granted, the Planning Commission finds that the fact that the proposed building would be located- 450 feet from Silver Lake Road creates a unique circumstance which calls for identification by signage closer to the street. Before the vote was taken, Commissioner Hansen suggested that enlarging the signage on the building itself might provide adequate identification a street sign. He also wanted the -record to show that eight residents in that area had spoken against the monument sign during the Commission hearing. Voting on the motion: Aye: Werenicz and Madden Nay: Hansen, Brownell, and Wagner 16