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Tom Thumb Sign <br />July 27,.19.84. <br />Page 2 <br />The proposed .sign requires a variance because. it projects away from <br />the signable surface more than 18 inches. Under. Section 9-130 (h) <br />the facia from which the proposed sign is hanging can be considered <br />a signable area. However, the sign will project approximately 24 <br />inches below the facia. <br />It is unfortunate that Tom Thumb lost their. roof sign as a result of <br />the tornado this Spring. Other alternative signable areas have been <br />suggested, ie. the blank brick walls on the front of the building. <br />Lettering on the facia is another alternative. The applicant's <br />response to posting a wall sign on a front wall of the building is <br />that the sign will be continually blocked by vehicles parked in front <br />of the store. <br />It may be that a wall sign posted on the brick wall on the front of <br />the building will be less visab1e than the sign presently proposed <br />by the applicant. However, the applicant has not demonstrated unique. <br />and unusual circumstances and undue hardship for the variance: <br />1} There do exist signable wall areas that are visab1e from Silver <br />Lake .Road and the parking lot; 2) A wall sign can be put up in total <br />compliance with. the ordinance and; 3)' Tom Thumb has an existing. <br />pylon-sign out near Silver Lake Road identifying the store. <br />RECOMMENDATION- <br />Motion to waive the reading and approve the attached RESOLUTION MAKING <br />FINDINGS OF FACT AND RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF VARIANCE REQUEST VN-237, <br />pertaining to a sign for Tom Thumb. <br />Brenda A. Krueger <br />City Planner <br />