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-8- Eugene 8- Eugene Krell , 1219.7 Olive -Street, Coon Rapids, MN, the owner,of the Auto .Traac was 2 present to 'find out why he had -been told .years ago he could not have any more 3 signage than he had on his building which ..is set back further than many of the 4 businesses on 37th Avenue. N.E. Mr. Childs told him that the Sign Ordinance had 5 been revised since that time and he is probably entitled to more signage now. The 6 Auto Traac owner told Mr. -Flaherty he doesn't plan to take the dairy store building 7 down yet and he doesn 't believe there is enough room between the two buildings to 8 drive a car through. He was also skeptical about the possibility of stacking seven 9 cars on the east side. 10 11 Mr. Flaherty told him he planned to park the cars diagonally into the property line 12 and indicated he would make the building a drive-through if parking is inadequate 13 on the site. He reiterated his plans to talk to NSP to .see if the lot behind him =� 14 couldn't be filled in to create parking space for employees and thereby get better 15 utqlization of the lot- lines. 16 17 The hearing was closed at 9:35 P.M. 18 19 Commissioner Wagner commented that he did not perceive that corner to be a high 20 speed area and indicated .he doubted the need for a pylon sign the size Mr. Flaherty 21 was requesting. The Chair agreed, saying the visibility on ,that corner would be 22 improved with the reconstruction of County Road D. E` 23 24 Commissioner Hansen indicated he would oppose a larger sign than permitted by the 25 'Sign Ordinance and said he believes the power lines would be dug underground with 26 the reconstruction of County Road D. The Commissioner was also ." skepticalabout E •27 - the need for greater visibility. 28 29 Commissioner Bjorklund stated that he would abstain on the vote because of a possible 30 conflict of interest if he had done any appraisal work for the. app.licant's company. 31 32 The Manager told Commissioner Franzese the signage for Jet Gas and the Amaco station 33. across Silver Lake Road -had been grandfathered in as non-conforming uses with the 34 new Sign Ordinance. 35 36 Commissioner- Bowerman indicated he had always been troubled about gasoline stations 37 being singled out for pylon signs when no other business .is permitted to have 38 one. He said he is personally opposed to all pylon signs and would not want to 39 see any larger than the Ordinance now permits. Loosening the restrictions -for_ 40 this firm would leave the City vulnerable to more requests for larger:_� signs,._ the 41 Commissioner said, -and he stated that he would rather see an adjustment made to 42 permit two wall signs than to approve a larger pylon sign. 44 Commissioner Franzese said she shared the concerns of the other Commissioners. 45 46 The Chair indicated he perceived the Commission had tightened up the restrictions _+ 47 on pylon signs hoping to get rid of them altogether. He agreed the visibility on y 48 that corner would be improved and told Mr. Flaherty, "If you cut down some of the 49 trees behind you, you'll improve your line of sight" . 50 5.1 Motion by Chairman Zawislak and seconded by Commissioner Wagner_. to recommend the 52 Council not permit. Rapid Oil Change, Inc. , to erect a :pyl"on_-sign=on their property 53 at 3001 - 37th Avenue N.E. , any larger than the 50 square feet permitted for that 5 4 type of sign by the City Sign Ordinance, but to grant the service center the 55 variance necessary .to utilize 114 square feet permitted for the building for .two 56 signs with location of the signs to be at Mr. Flaherty's discretion.