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..... ~1JI REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: 04-10-95 ITEM NO.: G-3 Item Description: Hearin Signcrafters Inc. request for a variance to the zoning ordinance at 2105 N. Snelling Avenue. Agenda Section: Department Approval: ~!~ Background 1. In February, Signcrafters variance request received a City Council continuation to March 27, 1995, 2. Signcrafters Inc. have been employed by the Arby's Restaurant at 2105 N. Snelling Avenue to instaU an electronic silent radio system. The silent radio system is a L.E.D. message board which they are proposing to locate over their drive through pickup window. The purpose of the silent radio system is to provide information to the Arby's customer while they are waiting in line to pick up their purchases. 3. Section 14.040 of the Roseville City code states that "signs giving off'intermittent or rotating beams shall not be permitted in any district. Where the message or graphic content of a sign can be changed by mechanical or electronic means, such message may not change more than once every 24 hours, except messages displaying time and temperature". In order to install this information device, a variance to Section 14.040 must be granted by the City, DevelQpment SU.g1mary 1. The Arby's Restaurant is located at 2105 N. Snelling Avenue. The property under consideration is guided for business purposes and is zoned B-3 General Commercial. The existing sign package for the restaurant includes a pylon sign, wall signage, a menu board, and miscellaneous directional signs. The silent radio system is 12 inches tall and 72 inches long and is proposed to be mounted over the drive through pick up window. With the L.E.D. system, the silent radio will be displaying continuous information ranging from current news headlines, sports results, and product promotion from the Arbis Restaurant. The message board will not be seen from the street and given its size and low intensity lighting, is intended to be seen only trom a few car lengths away in distance. The neighboring property to the west is an apartment complex, located in excess of300 feet from the sign. 2. The Roseville City code states that applications for variances may be considered where there are practical difficulties or unusual hardships in the way of carrying out the strict letter of the provisions of the code. In this particular case, there is no hardship. The 1