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Planning Commission Page 10 1 Commissioner Werenicz commended the applicants for trying to 2 put together a comprehensive sign plan based on input from the 3 Commissioners related to a shopping center. He apologized for 4 the Commission not checking the square footage of- building for 5 comparison with what the ordinance required for such a center. 6 The Commissioner recalled that a new ordinance had been written 7 at the time the mall on 39th Avenue N.E. , with a Domino ' s Pizza 8 in it, had been built in 1989 before the building they were 9 discussing that evening was erected. Commissioner Werenicz 10 said he perceived the size of that building might have prompted 11 the square footage minimum requirement in that ordinance. 12 13 Commissioner Brownell indicated that ordinance had been modeled 14 after ordinances he had brought in from Apple Valley, Chaska 15 and Roseville. Concerns at that time about having large 16 buildings which were not on contiguous tracks of land or less 17 than four stores in a grouping were also considered for that 18 ordinance. 19 20 The Commissioner reiterated that he had no problem with the 21 sign proposed in Detail B because he perceived the way it is 22 designed and the overall sign plan seemed to fit the site well 23 and should enhance the property. However, there is no other 24 allowance anywhere in the existing ordinance which permits a 25 pylon sign for anything other than a gas . station. The sign 26 couldn' t be allowed as a monument sign because, until the new sign ordinance is adopted, that type of signage is only allowed 608 in areas zoned light industrial . 29 30- ..._._ . 31 Chairman Madden told Mr. Vogt that in spite of how sorry the 32 Commission was for not picking up on the problem with the 33 square footage last August, the existing ordinances prevented 34 them from acting on the comprehensive sign plan at this time. 35 He said even if a new ordinance were written to address the 36 reality of smaller strip malls, it probably could not be 37 adopted before winter sets in. 38 39 Mr . Urbia apologized for not catching the error himself . He 40 assured the applicants that staff would be diligently exploring 41 any options before the Commission recommendations are presented 42 to the Council December 10 . 43 44 Commission Recommendations 45 46 Motion by Brownell, seconded by Murphy to recommend City 47 Council approval of the variance request for the pylon sign 48 allowed by the City Sign Ordinance to a gas station under 49 Section 430 : 40, Subdivision B2, finding that the request meets 50 the three statutory requirements and no appeared to speak 51 against the variance. 52 �3 Motion carried unanimously.