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Z -3- motion -carried unanimously. John Forsberg, 3513 Belden Drive, of Watson and Forsberg, general contractors for the .Hub Manufacturing building under construction in the St. Anthony Office Park, told the Commission the owner of the building, Leon Hubbard, . had . requested he appear. before them to request the variances to the sign ordinance .neces.sary for two ground lit monument signs which will .identify.the two .tenants in that building, Gottwalt Products , Inc. and another yet-to-be-named. Mr. Berg pre- sented the plans for the signs which he had recommended be approved because they are consistent with monument signage previously granted in the City, but suggested the lettering on the unidentified sign be submitted for staff review. He could see no problem for emergency vehicles to gain access to the building .related to the siting of the signs. Mr. Sopcinski noted the .ground lighting for the signs will be 7 feet within the City' s right-of-way. Mr. Forsberg said such lighting must be at' least -10 .feet away from the signs and although the signs could be set further back by 7 feet, the lighting would still have to be located in the right-of-way. Motion by Mr. Jones and seconded by Mr. Peterson to recommend Council approval of the variances to the sign. ordinance necessary for two ground-lit monument signs with 40 square feet of signage on each, to be constructed as proposed in Exhibit A and as sited .in Exhibit .B, provided the signs are not placed on a berm and ground lighting is provided within the property lines .on the site, finding there have been numerous precedents set for permitting' such monument signage in that subdivision. The approval should be made contingent upon sub- mission of a lettering plan for the sign identifying the to-be-named tenant for staff review to assure its complimenting the other sign. Before voting, Mr. Sopcinski offered an amendment to the motion, which was not accepted, that "The Commission is' unable to come to grips with the siting of - the ground lighting within the public domain. " The motion was carried unanimously. The meeting was recessed at 8: 50 P.M. and reconvened at 8 :55 P.M. for consideration of the request from John A. Domalik., 3336 Roosevelt Street N.E. , for a concept review of the feasibility of constructing a single family residence on the substandard, but platted, 50 feet wide lot Mr. Domalik owns along with the double bungalow to the north in which he now resides , but which is now up for sale. Mr. Domalik indicated he may keep the home for his own use. In his memorandum of :July 17th, Mr. Berg gave the background history of both lots saying, although the construction of the double bungalow at 3336 Roosevelt .had never .been addressed in Planning Commission minutes in 1957 , the building permit for the construction to Belair Corporation had been signed "under protest" by the City Building Inspector. Both lots .were acquired shortly after by Mr. and Mrs. Domalik. Mr. Domalik's proposal will require a 25 feet front yard setback variance to the required 75 feet and a lot size variance of 1;500 square feet from the required 9 ,000 to construct as planned, according