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Narrative <br />6 ±¨ ­¢¤2¤°´¤²³¥®±' ³¤¶ ¸#§´±¢§ <br />August29,2016 <br />GatewayChurchislocatedat13913185thAveNW,ElkRiver,MN55330andinorderto <br />enhancetheirpropertytheywouldliketoaddatowerwithalitcrosstohelpidentify <br />theirchurchfromroad.Therefore,GatewayChurchisrequesting2Variancesinorder <br />addthecross.Gatewaychurchisrequestingavariancetotheproposedsignasit <br />exceedsthe20footsignheightrequirement.Additionally,theproposedsignisthe <br />secondfreestandingsignforthesiteandGatewayChurchisrequestingavarianceto <br />allowbothsigns. <br />4§¤µ ±¨ ­¢¤(²)¨²¨­§ ±¬®­¸¶¨³§³§¤¦¤­¤± «¯´±¯®²¤ ­£¨­³¤­³®¥³§¤®±£¨­ ­¢¤ <br />ThecrossatthetopofthetowerwillbelightwithLEDsandwillprovidean <br />efficientandunderstatedsymbolindicatingthelocationofthechurch.Thisis <br />notalargeobstructivesignthatyoumightseeatafastfoodrestaurant,buta <br />nicelylitsymboltohelpattractpractitionerstothechurch.Thenewtowerand <br />litcrosswiththeheightthathasbeenrequestedservesseveralpurposes <br />withoutbeingobtrusivetothesurroundingneighborhood. <br />4§¤µ ±¨ ­¢¤(²)¨²¢®­²¨²³¤­³¶¨³§³§¤#¨³¸®¥%«ª2¨µ¤±¢®¬¯±¤§¤­²¨µ¤¯« ­ <br />Wefeelthatallthingsconsideredtheadditionalfreestandingtowerwillnot <br />altertheessentialcharacterofthelocalityordetractfromthelookandfeelof <br />theneighborhoodadditionallyitwouldenhancethedrawofthechurchtonew <br />andfutureattendeestohelpbuildastrongercommunityintheElkRiverarea. <br />4§¤¯¤³¨³¨®­¤±¯±®¯®²¤²³®´²¤³§¤¯±®¯¤±³¸¨­ ±¤ ²®­ ¡«¤¬ ­­¤±­®³¯¤±¬¨³³¤£ <br />¡¸³§¤¹®­¨­¦®±£¨­ ­¢¤ <br />Therewillbenochangeinpropertyuseandwillremainincompliancewiththe <br />zoningordinanceregardinguseinproperty. <br />4§¤¯«¨¦§³®¥³§¤¯¤³¨³¨®­¤±¨²£´¤³®¢¨±¢´¬²³ ­¢¤²´­¨°´¤³®³§¤¯±®¯¤±³¸­®³  <br />¢®­²¤°´¤­¢¤®¥³§¤¯¤³¨³¨®­ <br />²®¶­ ¢³¨®­®±¨­ ¢³¨®­ <br />DuetothetrafficspeedsalongHWY10,theheightofthecrosswillhelpidentify <br />thepropertyasachurch.Withouttheadditionalheightthecrosswouldnotbe <br />fullyvisiblefromthehighway.Theextraheightwouldallowforaclearviewata <br />longerdistance. <br />4§¤µ ±¨ ­¢¤(²)¨¥¦± ­³¤£þ¶¨««­®³ «³¤±³§¤¤²²¤­³¨ «¢§ ± ¢³¤±®¥³§¤«®¢ «¨³¸ <br />Theessentialcharacterofthelocalitywillremainasis. <br />