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-5- 4. By approving this request, the City would be eliminating one curb cut to Kenzie Terrace; and 5. The revised plans appeared to satisfactorily address previous neighbor concerns about the project. Motion carried unanimously. Planni.ng Commissioner John.Madden was present for the META project discussion after which he reported. Commission recommendations -.as reflected in the minutes of the Commission meeting held.June 17, 1986. The Commission representative noted that the Commissioners had tabled the variance request for the Murphy Service Station on County Road C pending staff opinion .as _ to- the next action_required of the Commission. In his report on the variance request for the replacement of anon--conforming reader board sign -on the Nationwide Sewing Machine store in -St. Anthony:Shopping Center,. Commissioner Madden indicated the Commission's recommendation of approval of the sign had included the stipulation .that the sign should be turned off whenever the store was closed, even though the applicant had pointed out that the same restriction had not been applied for signage for other corner stores in the same center. The Com- - missioner said the attempt to strike that restriction from the motion. had failed by a -two to two vote and that later in the evening the attempt to put the same .restriction on store signage in another location had failed by the same tie vote: Tom Peters, who had applied for the sign variance which would enable him to advertise • another service in -his store, was present and told the Council and Mayor it would be no problem for him to turn off his sign when the store is closed and that, in fact, he.-perceived it might save him money for electricity in the long run. Mr. Childs reported that.there are some stores in the same center which leave their signs lit all evening, including, of course, the grocery store which stays open 24 hours a day. The Manager told Councilmember Enrooth the City has no consistent policy in this regard but had in the past imposed similar restrictions on variances for signs which the Commission had considered might adversely impact adjacent resi- dential neighborhoods, which would probably not be valid for this.:particular location. Councilmember Makowske indicated she perceived that as long as the applicant wasn't objecting. to the restriction, the Council should leave it in its motion of approval but suggested it might be advisable for the Council to develop a policy in this regard so it wouldn't have to be dealt. with each time a sign request is submitted. Councilmember Enrooth agreed there was a need for consistency in dealing with signage, perceiving there should be a differentiation made between signs in a strictly commercial area and in-an area which impacted on a residential neighborhood. The Councilmember said he anticipated the question would have to be addressed a number of times with the development of Phases II and III i.n the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment Project. Mayor Sundland agreed that a different treatment of sign lighting for commercial areas which don't impact on residential might be. in order. Councilmember Marks indicated he wouldn't want to preclude that the restriction applied in this case might not become the accepted policy for the City. • Motion by Councilmember Marks and seconded by Councilmember Enrooth to grant a variance to the Sign Ordinance requirement for only one sign to a business to Nationwide Sew- ing Machine, Inc. , 2922 Pentagon Drive., for a. 3. foot, 3 inch X ,14 foot sign (approxi- mately 45 square, feetl -to replace`_,an existing non-conforming reader board sign on the -