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-3- required 3-required to replace the Burger Chef :identification with that of the new . franchise which would necessitate removing the chef 's hat in the sign, • thereby shortening the sign by two feet.. The Manager said he had brought the matter to the- Commission to see if they concurred that the change could be interpreted. to. be only a copy change and would not : require a new variance for that non-conforming sign. Mr. and Mrs..: . Johnson. were present and had submitted detailed drawings of the word .changes for the sign which would now" be only approximately four and a half feet tall, not counting the pole on which it is mounted on the roof . Commissioner. Jones indicated he -lives close to,)the restaurant and per- ceives - the Johnsons have been good neighbors, because they have kept the property and the grounds up .so well. He. believed there should be no variance required because there had been no change in ownership and the only change in the -sign itself .had been ,to make it smaller. Motion by Commissioner. Jones and seconded by Commissioner Bjorklund to indicate the Planning Commission .concurs with -the City Manager that the change in signage for the new Har.dees restaurant at 4004 Silver Lake Road should be interpreted to be no more than assign copy change and should not require a new variance to. be granted because : (1) Although it has a new name , the restaurant would have the same owner and franchisee. (2) The business would .be similar. to what it had been. (3) The new sign would require less square footage than for which the original variance was granted.. (4) The owner and franchisee had no. control over the change in signage since it was required by the new- parent company. (5) The lighting of the sign. would not .be intensified and there would be no "bells or whistles". involved in the change . Motion carried unanimously. Mr . Childs then reported another business , Firestone, which is -in the same area had approached him regarding the redesigning of their existing signage but had returned to the drawing board when he had told them they could not increase the square footage without a variance. When the Chair inquired about the letter of opposition which the Com- mission had requested be sent regarding the legislation which would have set requirements for granting. variances and conditional use permits which would have been difficult to administer,. the Manager told her the legislation was changed, making the letter unnecessary . He- also reported his secretary has -set up the system of -recording all -the variances which were granted in 1981 and 1982 as well as all 1983 trans- actions . She will tackle the job .of recording all the variances granted • prior to 1981 next, which he said would be very difficult since no formal system has been followed in the past.