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Notion carried. Three to Two Vote Recommends Approval -of Sign Variance Request From 3 - Hardees 4 At 8:45 P.M. the Chair opened the public .hearing to consider the 5 request from Hardees, 4004 Silver Lake Road for a variance to the Sign 6 Ordinance to allow a 37.1 square foot wall sign on the westerly portion 7 of the south facing mansard roof in addition to the 76 square foot 8 freestanding sign for which a variance was granted in 1985. The -total 9 signage for the restaurant would be 107.1 square feet, where the City 10 ordinance allows 150 square feet but only one sign per establishment. 11 Chair Madden read aloud the Notice of the Hearing which had been 12 published in the February 8th Bulletin and mailed to all -property owners 13 of record within 200 feet of the subject property. No one present 14 reported failure to receive the notice or objected to its contents. 15 Staff Report 16 >Ms. VanderHeyden's March 31st memorandum addressed the special 17 circumstances supporting the applicant's variance request and drew a 18 . comparison with the request and action taken by the City in August, 19 1988, related to the Burger King restaurant being considered in the 20 same location as the vacant Sports and Health Club building north of the Apache Mall. >The agenda packet included copies of the minutes pertinent to the 23 1985 variance for the- freestanding sign as well as those providing 24 information related to the 1988. variance for signage on the Burger 25 King facility, which has not yet been constructed at Apache. 26 >Specifications for the proposed wall sign were also included for 27 Commission consideration. 28 >Mr. Childs reiterated that, as reported in the minutes,, when the 29 applicant, Kenneth Johnson, was remodeling his restaurant in 1985, he 30 had decided to take down the sign he had on the roof and place it as 31 a groundhugging sign next to Silver Lake Road. Although he had failed 32 to provide the cement base or landscaping around the sign which he had 33 promised when he had been granted a variance for the monument sign in 34 lieu of wall signage, Mr. Childs said Mr. Johnson had indicated to him 35 he was prepared to finish the job this spring but now perceived the 36 need for wall identification .as well. 37 >The City Manager reported the restaurant owner perceived the 38 additional signage was necessary because the Mobil Station, its 39 signage and the vehicles around it, cut down visibility of his 40 establishment for traffic going north on Silver Lake Road or turning 41 onto the service road between the Midwest Federal building and the 42 station which leads to his restaurant. • 9