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ANALYSIS The approvals granted in 1986 assumed the current location for Highway 12. Highway 12 will be relocated to the south parallel with the railroad tracks reducing existing Highway 12 from a major highway route to a local arterial. There has been some interest in scaling back future development of signage to accommodate a local arterial street rather than a State Highway. The concept of monument style signs can be seen along the highway at Super America and McDonald's in Long Lake. The proposed sign is designed to be 10' 6" in height, in contrast to the 26' it was approved to be under the previous development plan. The height can be compared to the Super .America sign which is 13’ 10" in height. It can be argued the previous proposal would allow the existing pylon to the west to remain as well as any building signage as permitted by Resolution No. 2073. The only change to the plan would be the replacement of a sign which does require a variance for location and allowable sign space. The most appropriate way to resolve the issue would be to approve variances for a signage plan to allow the building allotment of signage and the west pylon to remain under the previous resolution, with reduced signage for the Conoco station. Staff Recommendation Staff could recommend approval of variances based on the signage proposed would be allowed under the existing Ordinance if the property would be zoned B-3. Staff recommends the property owner show on a site plan the location of the proposed monument sign, and to design a sign and base that conforms to a smaller scale arterial street and utilizes materials used for the base of other monument signs in the locality. »25iO H'llham Wear 2160 Way^ata Blvd. n/IJ/99 Pop*