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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes • September 24, 1996 Page 6 1 is economically feasible and possible, the drainage of the southwest corner may at a 2 future date, be connected to a proposed pond on Lot 7. 3 Motion by Faust, second by Wagner to approve the rear yard setback variance of 18 feet, 4 6 inches from the required setback of the west lot line for the proposed Municipal Liquor 5 Store, Lot 5, Block 1, Silver Lake Center(Apache Plaza) based on the findings of the 6 Planning Commission as follows: 7 1. It will not alter the essential character of the locality but will allow the site to be 8 redeveloped into a reasonable commercial use. 9 2. The hardship was not created by the owner but by the location of the site between 10 a county road right-of-way and an interior driveway through this shopping center. 11 3. The proposal is adding onto an incompatible use, a Tire Company. 12 4. No one appeared to speak against the proposal. 13 Motion carried unanimously. 14 15 Chair Bergstrom reported Ste. Marie Company is also requesting a sign variance for 16 proposed signage on the north side of the building which has no business right-of-way. The proposed wall sign will not exceed 15%of the wall area to which the sign will be applied. This will take advantage of the south bound vehicular traffic, as well as the 19 traffic on the Apache Plaza site. 20 Marks questioned if this request was being made for purely economic purposes and if 21 there was demonstration of a hardship. 22 Bergstrom stated the hardship was that this was a redevelopment of an existing site and 23 due to the traffic patterns. 24 Wagner noted this was similar to the sign variance granted for the video sales and bagel 25 shop site. 26 Motion by Faust, second by Wagner to approve the sign variance request for business 27 right-of-way frontage on the north side of the proposed Municipal Liquor Store, Lot 5, 28 Block 1, Silver Lake Center(Apache Plaza)to accommodate the need for increased 29 visibility for traffic going southbound on Silver Lake Road and traffic in the retail center 30 based on the findings of the Planning Commission as follows: 31 1. The hardship is not created by the owner but is due to traffic patterns and multiple 32 tenancy. 2. This condition is unique to the structure and redevelopment of the parcel itself. 49 3. It is in spirit of redevelopment of the site and is consistent with previous requests 35 and/or plans for redevelopment of the site.