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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY . PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES April 16, 1985 1 The meeting was called to order by Chair Franzese at 7:32 P.M. 2 3 Present for roll call : Franzese, Bowerman, Hansen, and Madden. 4 5 Absent: Jones (3:34 P.M. ), Bjorklund (8:45 P.M. ), and Wagner. 6 7 Also present: Larry Hamer, Public Works Director. 8 9 Commissioner Hansen offered the following clarification to his statement reported 10 in the March 19th Commission minutes: 11 12 Page 7, line 46: Insert "and other promotional signs and banners" between "cig- 1 3 arettes" and "which". 14 15 Motion b' Commissioner Bowerman and seconded by Commissioner Hansen to approve as 16 amended the minutes of the Planning Commission meeting held March 19, 1985. 17 18 Motion carried unanimously. . 19 20 Commissioner Jones arrived at 7:34 P.M. and volunteered to give the report on the 21 meeting at the April 23rd Council meeting. 22 23 At 7:35 P.M. , the Chair opened the public hearing to consider the petition from 24 990 Video Club, Inc. , 2908 Pentagon Drive N.E. , to be allowed to install two 25 signs totaling 145 square feet, in the same area where-;there had been a 200 26 square foot sign in the past, but where the Sign Ordinance would only permit one 27 sign no more than 54 square feet in area for a store with only a 27 foot frontage. 28 The petition was to place a 5 foot high by 20 foot wide Curtis Mathes iidenti- 29 fication sign on the building above the canopy where the 2-1/2_fo6t high by l8cr 30 foot wide video store identification sign would be transferred from the store's 31 previous location at 2920 Pentagon Drive. 32 33 The notice of the hearing had been published in the April 2nd Bulletin and mailed 34 to the three property owners of record who were within 200 feet of the subject 35 property. No one present reported failure to receive the notice or objected to its 36 content. Only the proponent was. present and Mr. Hamer affirmed that staff had 37 received no calls about the proposal at all . 38 39 The City Manager, who was testifying before a legislative committee that evening, 40 had addressed.what he perceived to be the issues in this proposal in his April 12th 41 memorandum to the Commission members and Mr. Hamer indicated the City Manager was 42 basically recommended approval of the variance because the proposed signage would 43 replace signage which was not much different. . 44 45 In his memorandum, Mr. Childs had reported the absent owners of the shopping center 46 where the store is located had not appeared to be interested in upgrading their 47 property or establishing uniform signage for the stores in the center and it was 48 Mr. Hamer's observance that most center owners looked to the City for guidance 49 regarding signage.