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Falcon Oil -5- for Falcon Oil. 14r. Ahlberg stated that this was riot a feasible option. Chairman Brown noted that the new submittals by the applicant included the State Supreme Court decision, the consett forms from neighboring property owners, and also an estimate of the cost for the moving of the pumps. He also noted that the applicant's have indicated that the option of moving the pumps is not feasible. Commissioner Medved noted that much of the discussion had centered on what benefits the station would receive with a canopy erected but that the benefits the City would receive had not been discussed. Mr. Snow noted that the benefits to be received by the City included: 1. This would keep an active business in service rather than forcing the business to close. 2. The canopy erected would increase the property value, thereby increasing the property taxes. 3. The station would serve the wishes of the immediate neighborhood surveyed by the applicants. 4. The canopy would provide protection for customers of the business. Motion by Doyle, seconded by Anderson-, to reaffirm a recommendation. of denial of VN-169 and to make the following Findings of Fact: 1. The applicants have not provided the warrants necessary to justify the variance 2. The new information concerning moving the pumps is set out on pages 9-10 of the memorandum of applicant's counsel., It says that the pumps could only be moved 8`feet and that the cost would be $10,500. A ' copy of the cost estimate - is not included. The estimated cost involves only one of four possible options., but it is probably the preferable option and the least expensive. It would not put`the-canopy within the 30 'foot setback,require- ment, but it would reduce the requested variance by 500%.