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1 commission Recommendation: <br /> 2 Motion by Hansen, seconded by Franzese to recommend that the Council gran <br /> 3 the request from Rapid Oil, 3701 Silver Lake Road, for variances-for <br /> 4 3 wall signs as opposed to the one sign per business allowed by the <br /> 5 City Sign Ordinance with total square footage not to exceed 87-1/2 <br /> 6 square feet where the Ordinance allows only 80, finding that: <br /> 7 1. All three conditions required by statutes to be satisfied <br /> 8 before these variances can be granted have been done so with <br /> 9 this proposal . <br /> 10 2. The variances are justified by the unique construction location <br /> 11 and architectural design of the building which best utilizes <br /> 12 the site and accommodates the traffic flow for the benefit of <br /> 13 the business and the safety of the customers and traffic <br /> 14 approaching that corner. <br /> 15 3. The proposal includes landscaping which is above normal for <br /> 16 this type of operation. <br /> 17 4. There were no expressions of opposition to the variances <br /> 18 either before or during the hearing. <br /> 19 In recommending the variances be granted, the Planning Commission <br /> 20 recommends the hours of building and site lighting be limited. to <br /> 21 those required of the neighboring businesses. <br /> 22 Notion carried unanimously. <br /> 23 The agenda sequence was then adjusted to hold the public hearing <br /> 24 listed for "C" ahead of "B" . <br /> 25 Commissioners Recommend Motor Cycle Sales and Accessory Shops be <br /> 26 Allowed in Zoning Ordinance as Conditionally Permitted Uses <br /> 27 At 8: 57 P.M. Chair Wagner opened the public hearing to consider an <br /> 28 amendment to the Zoning Ordinance which would allow the above uses by <br /> 29 amending Section 9 of Ordinance 1976-006 to add Motor Cycle Sales and <br /> 30 Accessory Shops to Subdivision 2 as Conditionally Permitted Uses. <br /> 31 The Chair read aloud the notice of the hearing which had been <br /> 32 published in the June 8th Bulletin. No one present reported failure <br /> 33 to receive the notice or objected to its content. <br /> 34 The Commissioners had been provided with copies of the Petition for <br /> 35 Amendment as well as the June 15th letter from Leo Kuelbs, .212 Arbor <br /> 36 Lane, Burnsville, owner of the Twin Cities Harley-Davidson franchise <br /> 37 in Savage, Minnesota, requesting the ordinance amendment which would <br /> 38 allow him to establish another dealership in the vacant space west of <br /> 39 B. J. Antique store in the St. Anthony Shopping Center. The agenda <br /> 40 packet also contained copies of Mr. Childs' June 16th advisory <br /> 8 <br />