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1 >Mr. Childs commented that although the request for the Burger King signage had generated so much opposition from the townhome residents living across Silver Lake Road, the Notice of the Hearing about this 4 signage, which went out to the same property owners, had generated no 5 response at all from any of those same people. 6 Kenneth Johnson, 1927 Simpson, Roseville, MN 7 >Said this would be the fourth remodeling project he had undertaken 8 in the twenty years Hardees had been at that location. 9 >Described the building exterior, parking lot and lighting 10 improvements he was making, saying they included tearing up the 11 pavement in front of the sign and landscaping all around the. base he 12 would be providing for the sign. 13 >Told Commissioner Wagner that although there was poor visibility of 14 the sign for some traffic, he still thought the sign was needed in 15 that location, although he had to concede it had been easier to see 16 from the Apache parking lot when it was up on the roof. 17 When no one responded to his invitation to speak to the issue, Chair 18 Madden closed the hearing at 8:51 P.M. for Commission discussion. 19 Commissioner Franzese said, considering the excess signage Burger King 0 had been granted for their restaurant and perceiving the gas station did somewhat prevent potential customers from seeing that this was a Hardees Restaurant, she would have no problem recommending the additional 23 signage which she considered essential to the restaurant owner's 24 business, especially with such a strong competitor locating almost next 25 door. 26 Commissioner Wagner indicated he had not been too happy with all the 27 signage Burger King was granted, but said he didn't think a fair 28 comparison could be made between this restaurant's location and the 29 remote site away from the road where the Burger King Restaurant is 30 proposed to be constructed. However, he said it bothered him somewhat 31 that the owner was now proposing - to erect another sign which would 32 result in the business having one sign. more than the ordinance allowed. 33 Commissioner London explained his vote for the Salvation Army Thrift 34 Store signage, which he perceived was vital to that business in its 35 location with little or no visibility from three directions. He said 36 on the other hand Hardees sign next to Silver Lake Road clearly 37 identified that restaurant from almost every direction. The 38 Commissioner said he thought the restaurant was almost a sign itself and 39 that the freestanding sign did an adequate job of identifying the 40 business from almost every direction on Silver Lake Road. The 41 Commissioner stated that he would not be in favor of another variance 42 being granted for a roof sign. • 10