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-7- 1 heading east on Kenzie Terrace. . The stereo installer- indicated..his business drew • 2 people from all over the metropolitan area, many of whom would go and shop in 3 the adjoining shopping center while their equipment was being installed in their 4 vehicle. Mr. Denn told-the Commissioners he and his partner have done a lot of 5 work cleaning up the back of their property and he perceives they have become a 6 real -asset to the community. . 7 8 The man who had accompanied Mr. Denn to the hearing did not speak and the hearing 9 was closed at 8:45 P.M. 10 11 When Commissioner Wagner asked about the signage on the side of the-building, 12 Mr. Childs told him that sign which is a bit bigger than allowed had been painted 13 . on the building before the City found out about it and told the occupants they 14 needed a permit for the sign. 15 16 Commissioner Hansen and the Chair both indicated they recognized the need for 17 identifying a business and Commissioner Hansen told Mr. Denn' the City was glad 18 to have a business in that location. However, he said, the Sign Ordinance had 19 been written to assure that all signs were of substantial quality which the 20 proposed sign did not appear to be. It was also pointed out that the Ordinance 21 almost discourages any type. of free standing sign and the only ones which have 22 been permitted have been of substantial construction and not temporary. 23 24 Motion by Commissioner Bowerman and seconded by Commissioner Bjorklund to recommend 25 the Council deny the request for a• variance under the existing sign ordinance 26 for a "sandwich board" type of sign in front of the Mobile Hi-Fi Sound Center, • 27 2550 Kenzie Terrace, finding that: 28 29 (1 ) It is not the intent of variances to change the ordinance for each applicant 's 30 physical situation either for a business or property; 31 32 (2) There was not sufficient hardship demonstrated in that there is already 33 identifying signage on that building; and 34 35 (3) To commence granting variances to permit free-standing sandwich board signs 36 is not an activity the Commission wishes to begin for the City. 37 38 Motion carried unanimously. 39 40 The meeting was recessed from 8:50 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. when the public hearing to 41 consider the preliminary platting for Johnson Manor was opened. 42 43 No one present indicated failure to receive the notice of the hearing or objected 44 to its content. Mr. Childs indicated he had received no calls either for or against 45 the platting of the property but had received many, many calls from people who 46 were interested in buying one of the new lots. 47 48 Mr. Childs reiterated many of the points about the request for platting which he 49 had made in his. February 19th report on the proposal ,, telling the Commission 50 members that the hearing was to consider the request from J. R. Johnson Supply, Inc. 51 for preliminary plat approval of a 9 unit subdivision of land located east of • '52 Edward Street between 33rd and 34th Avenue N.E. which had been formerly occupied 53 by a wholesale florist greenhouse prior to the April 26, 1984 tornado for single 54 family residential dwelling development. The Manager told the Commissioners that 55 in addition to the nine residential lots, there were two outlots included in the