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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes • September 24, 1996 Page 3 1 south side of the building and whether the road that extends to the west from 39th 2 Avenue is a public or private road. The Planning Commission assumed that the road is a 3 public right-of-way and that the signage on the south side is permitted under current code. 4 The proposed signage on the north side of the building is not adjacent to a public right-of- 5 way and would require a variance. Bergstrom noted the proposed signage will not exceed 6 15% of the area of the wall to which the sign will be applied. 7 Faust asked if there was any guarantee that Realty Development would not return in the 8 future and request signage on the west side of the building. 9 Bergstrom stated Realty Development had not requested signage on the west side of the 10 building at the concept review or at the Planning Commission meeting. 11 The Council discussed previous restrictions that had been placed on this type of drive-up 12 window in the past and determined that these restrictions were not be relevant in this 13 location. 14 Faust asked if the City had received any comments from the residents in the townhomes . 15 across the street from the development. Mayor Ranallo stated he had been in contact with the residents in the townhomes across 17 the street from the development and they have not expressed any concerns. 18 Motion by Wagner, second by Faust to approve the sign variance for business right-of- 19 way frontage on the north side of the proposed building, Lot 3, Block 4, Apache Plaza,to 20 accommodate the need for increased visibility for traffic going south bound on Silver 21 Lake Road and traffic in the retail center and based on the findings of the Planning 22 Commission as follows: 23 1. The hardship is not created by the owner but is due to traffic patterns and multiple 24 tenancy. 25 2. The condition is unique to the structure and redevelopment of the parcel itself. 26 3. It is in spirit of redevelopment of the site and is consistent with previous requests 27 and/or plans for redevelopment of the site. 28 4. The applicant will not require more sign surface area than what is allowable by 29 the City's wall sign ordinance. 30 Motion carried unanimously. 31 2. Ste. Mane Company, for Apache Plaza, Rear Yard Setback Variance and Sign Variance Requests. Chair Bergstrom reported that Ste. Mane Company, as owner of the property at Apache 34 Plaza Shopping Center, has applied for a rear yard variance request and sign variance