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-4- related to various matters they had considered during their July 1-5th meeting as. refl-ected_in -the- minutes of that :meetinc- n _the agenda packet . John Graff reiterated his plans to modernize the Murphy Service Center at the corner of Highway 88 and County Road C for which variances would be required to relocate the existing pumps and to install a canopy over the pump islands both of which would encroach into the frontyard setbacks established for light industrial zoning . Councilmember Enrooth told Mr. Graff he perceived that "judging from the seven or eight letters of approval of your plans the City received from your neighboring business owners, you must have really done your homework by contacting your neighbors to let them know just what your plans for the station were. " The station owner told him that not only did he and the other members of his family who are associated in the business with him desire to make their station more profitable, but one of their main priorities had also been to improve the appearance of their propety so that corner would become an asset in which both the station owners and the community could take pride. Mayor Sundland told Mr. Graff he had appreciated the property owner ' s willingness to move the pumps back farther from the street. Councilmember Makowske told him that with .the view she '.has of the station from her kitchen window, she was looking forward • to the aesthetic improvements the applicant had said he would be making . Mr. Childs said he had found the article from the Conoco national magazine he had included in the agenda packet, which reported Mr. Graff intended to "invest $225,000 in the stat-i,on_ztol.moe7ernizeIhis-bu' siness•--so.his' fami ly"t,ould - take-over a viable business when he retires" very impressive as well . Motion by Councilmember Ranallo and seconded by Councilmember Makowske to grant Richard Graff , dba Murphy' s Service Center, Inc. at 3501 - 29th Avenue N.E. (County Road C) , the necessary .'variances from setback regulation for light industrial classification .within the Zoning Ordinance, which requires 40 foot front yard setback from structures located in that classification which would allow the property owner to: 1. Erect a 36 foot X 74 foot canopy over the existing gas pumps, 9-1/2 feet from the 29th Avenue property line; and 2. Relocate the existing gas pumps on the southernmost islands 20- 1/2 feet from the south property line to the center of the pump islands at the same time as both sets of pumps are spread far enough apart to provide adequate spacing for the types of customer service the station owner indicates he desires to offer his customers . • In granting these variances , the Council finds, as did the Planning Commission, that: