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.:� .. -2- (3) 2-(3) The signage will conform to .that for other properties in the surrounding area. • Motion carried unanimously. The Commission hadiven -conce tual g� P approval to the proposal from � Ed Brown whereby the southern 131.2.5 feet of the existing properties at 2702 ,. 2700 .and 2608 33rd Ave. N.E. , may be developed for two buildable single family. dwellings with 75 foot wide front yards on Belden Drive under an owners ' cooperative agreement.. Mr. Sopcinski reported his personal concern regarding the life expectancy of the existing 50 to 60 years old dwellings on .-these newly created lots which will be substandard to -the City Zoning ordinance requirements for lot size and depth of front yard, the-'latter -which -had beengrand- fathered in with the new ordinance. Mr. Soth then advised that the legal description for the -existing lots, especially for the corner lot owned by Mr. Brown, are quite. complex making subdivision by metes and bounds under the City ordinance almost impossible and platting of the propeties imperative. In response to Councilman .Ranallo's concern-regarding -settinga _ _ precedent for substandard lots, .Mr. Soth cautioned that if the City is to grant the necessary variances for the proposal, both the Plan- ning Commission and Council will have to make conditions under which they are granted very specific, especially addressing the unique shape of the lots as distinguishing them from the usual lot sizes in the City. • The Planning Commission representative-'told the Council, that when no one appeared for the continuation of the hearing on the Compre- hensive Plan, a -majority of the Commission members .had voted to close the hearing. At the conclusion of this presentation, Mr. Sopcinski related the Commission' s discussion of what the City's role may be in developing the various alternatives proposed in the plan. 7, He then gave the anticipated timetable .for Commission approval of the Plan and its presentation to the Council- and the- Metropolitan Council. The recommendations of the Commission were followed- regarding the change in .image for the .signage at the Fas Gas :-:station. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman-.Marks .-to grant the owners of the Fas :Gas station .-at -3001 37th 'Ave.. N..-E. , permission to use their existing 6 .X 6 foot freestanding sign for the proposed price cost identification with the understanding the total area square footage will remain '36 -square feet as has existed _since 1973 but will now allow the -station to. advertise the current four figure gasoline price. In granting the necessary variance the Council agrees with the Commissionfinding that this action is in conformance with recent Council- and .Planning .Commission actions regarding the Mico price .:identification sign and 'that denying the variance may create a hardship for -the station owners who cannot now use the standard additional price numbers in their existing signage. Motion carried unanimously.