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-2- Shop in the St. Anthony Village Shopping Center because he perceives that to grant more signage .for this particular business , than is permitted by ordinancefor the other stores in the center, would result in a hardship for those other merchants who would not have similar identification. Motion by Councilman Enrooth and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to deny the request from Russell Underhill for a .variance to the City Sign Ordinance which would permit the .proprietor of. the B. J. Antique Shop at 2530 Harding Street N.E. to attach the identification sign he had proposed to the existing non-conforming sign at the Kenzie Terrace entrance to the St. Anthony Village Shopping Center, finding, as did the Planning Commission that: (1) The new Sign Ordinance .permits .the identification of each tenant in the shopping center with. signage on the building itself and prohibits a general listing of. tenants on the signage for the center, which might well be the precedent set for other businesses , if this request were granted. (2) None of the conditions set for granting variances to the Sign Ordinance appear to have been -addressed in the application, specifically, that (a) there wouldappear to be no particular hardship for. this business than would be experienced by other commercial businesses in the same center if the strict letter of the regulations are adhered to., and (b) - the condition upon which the application was based could not be considered to be unique ' to this parcel and not applicable , generally, to other stores in the same center. (3) The failure of the applicant to be present for the two considera- tions' of his request precluded any other recommendation, based on the information which had been submitted. (4) The manner in which the sign to which the requested signage would be attached has been maintained would seem to justify not adding to it. Motion carried unanimously. There was also Council concurrence with the Planning Commission findings for not requiring an additional variance for the change in sign copy which would be necessitated .by the transfer of the Burger Chef to a Hardees franchise, especially, since the square footage for the new sign would be decreased. . The remainder of. the report was. accepted as informational. Minutes for the May 16th meeting of .the Seven. County Metro Joint Pur- chasing Consortium at Columbia Heights had been included in the Council agenda by Fire Chief Entner so the Council could see the progress which was being made in this cost-saving program. - Councilman Ranallo ( said he recognized the hard work Chief Entner had put into this venture and had been very disappointed to find the League of Minnesota Cities seemed to be lukewarm to the concept.