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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY • PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES November 16 , 1982 The meeting was called to order by Chairman Jones at 7 : 30 P .M. Present for roll call: Zawislak, Sopcinski , . Makowske , Jones , and Peterson. Absent: Bowerman and Bjorklund. Also present: Ron Berg, Administrative Assistant. Motion by Mr. Peterson and seconded by Mr. Zawislak to approve as submitted the minutes for the Commission meeting held October 19 , 1982 . Motion carried unanimously. Mr. Zawislak will represent the Commission at the Council meeting November 23rd. Mr. Bjorklund arrived at 7 : 35 P.M. • As he had indicated in his November 9th memorandum, Mr. Berg told the Commission members he believes the two signs requested by Impressions , Inc. , the printing- company which has moved into the former Bauer Welding and Scarp Heilman buildings at 2908 and 2912 Anthony Lane N.E. , were precisely the type of monument signage pro- posed to be permitted without a variance in the new Sign Ordinance which is being developed, and he therefore, recommended the requested variances for a free standing sign be granted under the existing ordinance. Ted Skare, representing .the printing- firm, said since one of the buildings would house a suksidiary of Impressions , . signage to indi- cate this distinction is necessary and both buildings need to be identified to the public. He .had agreed to eliminate any air spaces between- the signs and the bases and said the sign surfaces would now be approximately 4 feet wide by 3 feet high, which -Mr. Berg commented, would be well under the 150 square feet of signage permitted those buildings under the existing ordinance. Mr. Skare told Mr. Bjorklund the signs would not be lighted and there are no plans to build the signs on any type of berm. PZotion by Mrs . Makowske and seconded by Mr. Zawislak to recommend the Council grant a variance for a free standing sign for the Impressions , Inc. building at 2908 Anthony Lane N.E . as proposed in Exhibits A and B, finding that the proposed. signage satisfied the conditions set in • the Sign Ordinance for granting such a variance as follows :