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City Council Minutes July 18, 1983 Page Seven buildings are there as well as a service road. Mayor Hinkle indicated that he agreed with Councilmember Engstrom. COUNCILMEMBER GUNKEL MOVED TO DENY THE REZONE REQUEST BY MR. DONALD BRITT FOR THE PROPERTY AT 14061 HIGHWAY 10 FROM AN R-lb/SINGLE FAMILY CLASSIFICATION TO AC-3/ HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL. COUNCILMEMBER SCHULDT SECONDED THE MOTION. THE .MOTION PASSED 4-0. 11. Minnesota-Ohio Oil Company Variance Request - Public Hearing The City Administrator indicated that the Minnesota-Ohio Oil Company has requested a variance from the City's sign Ordinance for the property located at 17345 Highway 10, operated as the Fina Gas Station. The City Administrator indicated that the Minnesota-Ohio Oil Company is requesting a variance from the specified height in the City's Sign Ordinance. The City Administrator indicated that the Minnesota- Ohio Oil Company's request in their first alternate is to allow a sign that would be 42 feet in height and would project above the Ordinance requirement by approx- imately 26 feet and that the second requested alternate would allow a sign 22 feet in height and project over the required limit by 6 feet. The City Administrator indicated that the Planning Commission found the variance standards in the City's Zoning Ordinance could not be met in this situation, and unanimously voted to deny the variance. Mr. Paul Bell of Sneaky Pete's indicated that should Minnesota-Ohio be allowed a larger sign, he would also request a larger sign. Mr. Joe Berglove, owner of the Minnesota-Ohio Oil Company gas station, indicated that they have been in their par- ticular location 11 years, under the name of American Petrofina or Fina. Mr. Berg- love indicated that American Petrofina has moved out of the country and now Minneso- ta-Ohio has developed their own brand name and they want to change the Fina sign to represent the present company's name. Mr. Chuck Hess, representative of Rochester Ace Triad Sign Company, indicated that they would be using the same sign, just changing the sign face. Mr. Hess indicated that it would cause a hardship to reduce the siz,e and height of the sign because of competition. Mr. Berglove indicated that they could go to a horizontal sign but if it was within the sign ordinance, it would cause problems for trucks as their building is only 10 feet high and therefore, the sign would only be 16 feet high. The City Administrator indicated that the requirement of 6 feet above the height of the building is to provide some regularity with the City signs and further indicated that the Best Western and Sneaky Pete's are in conformance with the City sign ord- inance. Mr. Joe Berglove indicated that they could put a false front on the top of their building in order to make the building higher to allow for the height required for their sign.