CC RES 12-015 RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A VARIANCE TO THE SIGN ORDINANCE TO ALLOW A SECOND IDENTIFICATION SIGN FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CLINIC AT THE MARKET PLACE SHOPPING CENTER

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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY RESOLUTION 12-015 RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A VARIANCE TO THE SIGN ORDINANCE TO ALLOW A SECOND IDENTIFICATION SIGN FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CLINIC AT THE MARKET PLACE SHOPPING CENTER WHEREAS, Mr. Richard Lang of Visual Communications contacted City staff advising them that Hennepin County Medical Clinic is locating at the Market Place Shopping Center and wanted to discuss the need for a second identification sign; and WHEREAS, Staff advised Mr. Lang that City Ordinance §155.29 (B) (1) allows only one identification sign; and WHEREAS, Mr. Lang, as the representative for Hennepin County Medical Clinic applied for a variance to the City's Sign Ordinance to allow for a second identification sign; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the variance request on December 20, 2011; and WHEREAS, The Planning Commission determined that the Hennepin County Medical Clinic's request for a variance to the sign ordinance to allow a second business identification sign has met the criteria as specified in the City Code's Zoning Ordinance, §152.245 (C) which states that no variance will be granted unless evidence presented supports that strict enforcement of the City Ordinance would cause practical difficulties for the applicant. 1. The property cannot be put to a reasonable use without the variance due to the architecture in the planned unit development; 2. That the circumstances causing the practical difficulty were not created by the tenant; 3. That the variance, if granted, will not alter the essential characteristics of the locality; 4. That economic considerations alone are not the basis for the practical difficulty; 5. That the circumstances causing the practical difficulty are unique to the individual lot; and 6. The granting of the variance is in keeping with the spirit and intent of the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Land Use Plan.