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Page 1 of 1 <br />Cartney, Sheila <br />From: Jim Vitt [jvitt@caprei.com] <br />Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 6:09 PM <br />To: Cartney, Sheila <br />Subject: Narrative <br />Hi Sheila, <br />Below is the narrative regarding the variance request <br />We respectfully request an increase in total building signs from 3 signs to 7 total building signs. There are 4 <br />poster boards that display products - 2 on the east and 2 on the west side of the building. We do not consider <br />these building signs in the traditional sense given that they are not placed on the building in an attempt to draw <br />people in from the street. They are decorative elements to the building to break up the facade as well as increase <br />customer awareness of some of our products once they have made the decision to eat at our restaurant. Further, <br />the 2 poster boards located on the east side of the building will not be visible from the street at all given that their <br />view will be obstructed by the canopies for the drive in stalls. The 2 poster boards on the west side of the building <br />do not face the street and are only visible from the adjacent parking lot for Fairview Medical Clinic. Finally, the <br />maximum square footage of building signage allowed is 300 square feet. Our actual building signage only <br />consists of 30.33 square feet, or roughly 10 percent of the square footage that is allowed and the 4 requested <br />poster boards, if considered building signage, increase the total square footage by 41.04 square feet for a total of <br />71.37 square footage of building signage, or roughly 24 percent of the total square footage allowed. <br />We are also requesting a variance for the addition of a preview board at the drive through to increase customer <br />convenience and efficiency in our service. We will have a preview board and an order board spaced conveniently <br />for customers to review while in the drive through queue. The total square footage is an increase of only 1.85 <br />square feet of the 32 square feet that are typically allowed for an order board. The variance is for this additional <br />square footage and the additional drive through order board. <br />Thanks, <br />Jim Vitt <br />Capital Real Estate, Inc. <br />Fifty South Sixth Street <br />Suite 1480 <br />Minneapolis, MN 55402 <br />Tel. (612) 313-0124 <br />Fax.(612) 313-0136 <br />jvitt@caprei.com <br />2/1/2008 <br />