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1 are operated, had concluded one at Apache would be an asset to the <br /> �2 community. He disputed the information which had been offered regarding <br /> 03 the 19th and Central Burger King, saying he knew many of the Eastside <br /> 4 police and had yet to hear from any of them that this particular <br /> 5 restaurant was- a "major trouble spot" in spite of the fact that the <br /> 6 area is not the same as St. Anthony and the young people who frequent <br /> 7 that spot might not be the same as those who would be customers of the <br /> 8 Apache restaurant. <br /> 9 The Commissioner indicated he wasn't really opposed to the Burger King <br /> 10 sign being erected in the spot which had been proposed, although he <br /> 11 would like to see it a little bit smaller than 8 X 8. He agreed that <br /> 12 scaling the sign down to 6 X 6 would result in a substantial decrease <br /> 13 in the total signage for this facility at the same time it would serve <br /> 14 as an adequate identification for the restaurant. <br /> 15 Fadden commented that he thought a Burger King Restaurant would <br /> 16 "brighten up" that part of Apache which had been neglected since the <br /> 17 Sports and Health Club closed. He said he also thought the 450 foot <br /> 18 distance between the restaurant and the street was a justification for <br /> 19 allowing an identification sign on Silver Lake Road to let people know <br /> 20 the restaurant is back there. The Commissioner said he wouldn't <br /> 21 object to an 8 x 8 sign but would go along with a smaller one if the <br /> 22 applicants were agreeable to reducing the size. <br /> 23 Brownell indicated he would be in favor of granting a conditional us <br /> 24 permit for the restaurant but an 8 X 8 sign was a problem for him. He <br /> said he was in favor of granting a variance for the signage on the <br /> building and would not oppose a monument sign which would keep the <br /> 27 total signage within the 150 square feet the Ordinance allowed this <br /> 28 building. The Commissioner said he would like to see some other way <br /> 29 of directing the restaurant traffic away from the facility so cars <br /> 30 wouldn't be exiting directly onto the service road whether that meant <br /> 31 extending the island next to that roadway farther to the west or <br /> 32 shutting off that access completely and forcing the restaurant <br /> 33 customers to use the 39th Avenue driveway with the semaphore instead. <br /> 34 Hansen stated that he wasn't opposing the signage proposed for the <br /> 35 building itself, but perceived the residents across Silver Lake Road <br /> 36 were justified in their opposition to a sign next to that roadway. He <br /> 37 reminded the Commissioners that the City had allowed those townhomes <br /> 38 to be built in that location and reiterated that he was opposed to <br /> 39 establishing a precedent for more signage which would ruin the <br /> 40 appearance what is now "a very pleasant appearing street. " <br /> 41 The Commissioner disputed the assertion that the restaurant's location <br /> 42 mad it "unique" , saying its distance from Silver Lake Road had been the <br /> 43 choice of the Apache management and he didn't think they had proved any <br /> 44 "hardship" to justify a variance. <br /> 45 Chair Wagner said he had to agree that the shopping center management <br /> 46 had other options for locating the restaurant and with Commissioner <br /> • 15 <br />