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..- Request: VN-1.56, Variance to permit erection of new directing sign on 5th St. NF^~' • Applicant: E-7 Mini ~°tarage Location: 251 5th St ~ i~~°1 S~~mmary: In September, 1375, E-~ Mini ctcr~ge was granted a variance,. with conditions, to erect a directing sign near their 5th Sta entrance, One of the conditions of that variance approval was that the existing ground sign along x-35~r~ bq made ,to conform to sign ordinance requirements. At the time of approval the applicant did not realize that conformance would involve removing the lower panel of the sign containing the business telephone number. Upon being informed of the Councils intent, the applic ant indicated that it would be an extreme hardship to exercise the variance under that condition because of the need to identify the business telephone numbero Consequently, the applicant did not exercise the variance within 180 days and as such that variance is now void The applicant is now seeking council approval to erect a di?~ectory sign along 5th .St. Nt^T,whi~:e maintaining as is the existing sign along I-35j°'~ The applicant has indicated that hardships exist for both tenants and custmers because the size • and location to the property ma'~e the offices difficult to identify and difficult to locai:eo Discussion: The property in question is considered a building of multiple occupancy having individual entrances and for purposes of signing is governed by Section 14--20C paragraph (c:} of the `?oning Code. The above mentioned section indicates that each occupant may display one individual wall sign while the buildings may be identified by a single ground sign only, displaying the name of the.. building onlyo The applicant is requesting a variance because in this case he tai.shes to have two ground sigr_s, one of which is directozy sign. The applicant has an existing ground sign along I-:i5t~J and east of the E-Z Mini buildings (see attached drawing of sign). This existing sign is non-conforming because it exceeds in size the allowable limits in the sign orc~i_nance~ In addition,there may be a question whether this exisiting sign identifies the building(s) only or an individual business , i°e., E-~ Mini Storage •