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/I jl t:;b :J REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: 4-26-93 ITEM NO.: r-:-lf ~6-- Agenda section: Reports and Recommendations Department Approval: ~ Manager Reviewed: Item Desoription: Signorafters Inc. request for a variance at 2775 Highway 35W (Mccarthy's Oldsmobile GMC). Backaround: 1. The City's sign ordinances were recently amended and reduced the maximum height of a pylon sign from 25 feet to 20 feet in the B-3 zoning district. The sign regulations also require that pylon signs be setback 30 feet from a property line adjacent to a street. 2. Signcrafters Inc., on behalf of McCarthy's Oldsmobile GMC, is requesting a variance to allow a pylon sign to be 28 feet tall and for a setback variance to match other existing signs in the area. 3. The Roseville Planning Commission unanimously recommended denial of the variance request based on there being no hardship present, that the city has worked hard to adopt new sign regulations and the City should be working to bring properties into compliance with the new regulations. The Planning Commission, in a separate motion, requested that the city Council reevaluate it's decision to not adopt ordinance revisions to amortize existing non-conforming signs over a ten year period based on this case and the-need to bring signs in conformance with the new regulations over time. Alternatives: 1. Approve the variance request based on the finding that a hardship exists to justify the variance. 2. Deny the variance based on the finding that no hardship is present on the site to justify the variance. Policy Obiectives: 1. To insure that development occurs consistent with the City's zoning and sign ordinances. 2. To grant variances where hardships exist on the site.