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VN-150 -2- Dscus~sionz The; property in question is a building of multiple occupancy having individual entrances. Eddies-Corner Bar and New Brighton Furniture-are the two tenants in-the. building. Both businesses have. frontage on both lOth.Sto and 5th Ave. NW, The basic regulations. governing this.type of building are contained in Section 1a-200 (c)(l)a Basically, hese regulations provide .that each bus-mess may have a single wall sign to identify it and that there may'be:a_ground sign to identify the building.. or the center.. a a whole. Individualwall signs then would be limited to 5 items of information. Other general regulations in the ordinance covering the percentage of signable area that may be covered and the size and height ofthe ground signs would also continue to govern in this case. Tie applicant has already illegally erecteda wall sign on the 5th Ave. side of his business. The variance request is to _ allow this existing illegal sign to remain-and be legally established and also to erect a new sign on the 10th St. side in the area where there is currently a painted sign saying "Furniture" and la tly, to repaint the existing ground-sign along-side the wilding on the 5th Ave. side in accordance with the drawing that he applicant has submitted. The variance is required for two bas. is reasons 1. There area large number of non-conformities in the existing signing on the property and we cannot issue apermit-for a new sign unless either a variance is granted or all of the existing signing is made to conform to the ordinance.. 2. The wall sign on 5th Ave. NVJ and the ground sign do not: themselves conform to the Zoning Code requirements. -The wall sign on 5th Ave. NW has an area of approximately 70 square feet and is placed in a signable area where the maximum size allowed would be 41 feet. In addition, the ground sign with. an $ foot setback is 2. feet less than the minimum setback allowed by Code. The sign itself exceeds in area the maximum .size permitted and the sign itself generally is not allowed because. it -doesn't identify strictly the building. It is an identification sign for one of the businesses located in the building.