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-11- ® 1 Commissioner Bowerman told the Commission Amoco owns the station and has the right 2 to market it any way they desire within the'City Ordinance. He indicated that, 3 if it is true that the company has designed a station which they say provides 4 better traffic patterns and more efficiency than the previous operation and 5 granting them the variances-.' for a safer operation, recognizing the high traffic 6 area they would be operating .in, .is. perceived to' be correct, then the Commission 7 should accept in all .fairness the request for those variances. - The Commissioner 8 indicated that he would .hate to- see the Commi.ssion' reject that variance when the 9 granting-of the variance might be a good public service. 10 11 Commissioner Madden said the .c'loseness.. of the pumps to the street was still a 12 concern of his from a safety standpoint and he indicated he also regretted the 13 loss of a full service station on that corner, citing an instance where the 14 service had been a real boon to him personally. 15 16 Mr. Filippi told the Commissioners that, in .terms of the City's 30 foot pump 17 setback, he perceivedthe strictness of St. Anthony's ordinance as something- he 18 had never encountered in the metropolitan area. He said 15 foot setbacks are 19 common in both Minneapolis and St. Paul. and many suburbs- only require 20 feet. 20 He pointed out that the existing .Standard Station does not meet the 30 foot 21 setback requirement and added that to apply the same 30 foot setback to the 22 structure as well as the pumps i.n his opinion was very stringent. 23 24 Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded .by Commissioner Jones to recommend 25 that the City Council .'deny the 15 foot setback variance for the canopy and the five 26 foot setback variance for the pump which Amoco Oil had requested for their station • ,'27 which would .replace the Standard Station at the southwest corner of Silver Lake 28 Road and 37th Avenue N.E. , finding that: 29 30 1 . The. Amoco request did not sufficiently prove the hardship which is required 31 to be satisfied for a variance; 32 33 2. By granting the variance, the City may be causinga hazard due to the close 34 proximity of the proposed gas pumps to -Silver Lake Road; 35 36 3. Granting the variance may create'an adverse. increase in the already heavy 37 and dangerous traffic on the adjacent street; and 38 39 4. There was insufficient data- provided regarding the potential earlier variances 40 which may already be in place for this site. 41 42 Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Madden to cut off 43 debate on the question., 44 45 Voting to cut off debate: 46 47 Aye: Bjorklund, Madden, Franzese and Hansen. 48 49 Nay: Bowerman and .Jones. 50 51 Motion carried. • 52 53 Voting on the motion to deny the variances: 54 55 Aye: Bj.orklund,' Hansen, and Madden. _