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_2_ placed on the existing blue background and depending on Apache 's policy, hopes the sign can be lit until midnight. He also stated the Furniture. Barn management had indicated to him they did not • desire south facing signage. He also stated he had presented two sign. plans to .the management and they had preferred the one line - - sign. The alternate proposal was for stacked wording, i .e. ; Furni- ture above, Barn below, with no increase in square footage. During the: Commission' s discussion on the matter, the members were in general agreement that the stacked word sign would be preferable to the one 'line proposal in that it would allow more space for the signage of the other potential stores in that area. Mr. Feneis thought the stacked type sign would probably be acceptable to the Furniture Barn management and that he would present that plan .and know for sure before the City Council 's December 23rd meeting. Motion by Mr. Jones and seconded by Mr. Sopcinski that the St. Anthony Planning Commission recommends to the Council to grant a variance of 41 square feet of signage to Furniture Barn which signage is to be placed on the easterly facing side of Apache Plaza and is for the alternate stacked sign per exhibit A signed by the Chairman. This variance is conditional on the written acceptance by the. C. G. Rein Co. of this proposed signage and that it meets their sign criteria for- this area of Apache Plaza. It is under- stood that the proposed stacked wording sign proposed by Furniture Barn will be. placed directly above the southerly most entrance on the east side of the building. The granting of this variance is based on the nature of the Furniture Barn 's business, that is , one ® stop shopping.. The Planning Commission- finds that the granting of the variance will not be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to other property in the neighborhood or village; that denying the request would result in a hardship to the tenant and .that the situation here is unique in that the major tenant with a large amount of floor area 'has no outside frontage. Motion carried unanimously. The Commission also directed staff to contact the C. G. Rein Co. to determine their sign policy- and/or their interest in developing a comprehensive sign plan for the store. For the next item of business, Mr. Berg explained that the -temporary. , variance - and sign permit for the .signage at the Slumberland Store will be expiring the 31st of December. He stated staff had contacted the management and they are requesting another year 's extension on the 25 square foot variance for the 180 square foot sign. Staff , in its December 11th memo, recommended approval of the extension request based on the reasons given in 1979; that the sign had apparently aided their business (as stated in Slumberland' s request) and because of the impending study of the area by the City. During the Commission' s discussions on this subject, it was noted the previous year' s recommendation was based in part on the • management' s stated interest in developing a comprehensive sign plan for the Center. Mr. Berg stated that Mr. Ravelson, the sign consultant for Slumberland and also the consultant with whom the .