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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes <br /> July 16, 2002 <br /> • Page 3 <br /> 1 Chair Melsha asked about a comment made by one of the doctors that their sign needed to <br /> 2 compete with the other signs along the Silver Lake Road corridor. Portis stated that she <br /> 3 was unable to personally respond to the comment. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Commissioner Thomas stated that he thought that Chair Melsha made a good point that <br /> 6 re-configuring the current sign would be beneficial. Portis stated that they could that, if <br /> 7 the variance was not granted. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Chair Melsha stated that his personal feeling was that there was not a true hardship to <br /> 10 warrant approval of the sign variance request. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Resident Martin Lunde, 3425 33`d Avenue Northeast, came forward and asked what <br /> 13 precedence was for other professional signs in St. Anthony. Chair Melsha stated that he <br /> 14 could not think of any other businesses in a building of this size in St. Anthony that listed <br /> 15 the individual names. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Chair Melsha closed the public hearing at 7:17 p.m. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Vice Chair Stille stated that his feeling was that he would be looking for an address when <br /> 20 going to his doctor, rather than the names of doctors on a sign, and stated that he could <br /> 0 not find hardship in the request. <br /> 23 Commissioner Hoska stated that he agreed with Vice Chair Stille, and would be looking <br /> 24 for an address, not names, on a sign. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Portis came forward to propose a different sort of sign to represent the different offices <br /> 27 within the building. Chair Melsha stated that they would need to work with staff on the <br /> 28 issue. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Commissioner Hanson urged them to go with a new horizontal sign, rather than a vertical <br /> 31 one. <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Motion by Commissioner Thomas, second by Commissioner Hoska, to deny the sign <br /> 34 variance request by Drs. Hellickson, Larson, Portis and Associates for a sign variance. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 Motion carried unanimously. <br /> 37 <br /> 38 IX. INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION. <br /> 39 9.1 Discuss amendment to city ordinance relating to the definition of"garage" and "accessory <br /> 40 building" and to regulate the size of garages in residential districts. <br /> 41 Chair Melsha invited resident Stan Nelson to come forward and address the Commission. <br /> 42 <br /> It Nelson, 3504 Maplewood Drive, came forward and invited every commissioner to visit <br /> his home and see the view of the house at 3501 Downers from the back. Vice Chair Stille <br /> 45 has already been to Nelson's home to see his view. <br /> 46 <br />