HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 76-16CiTY OF' COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
590 40TH AVENUE N. E.
COLUMBia HEIGHTS, MINN. 55421
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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
OUR NATION'S
BICENTENNIAL
BRUCE G. NAWROCkl, MAYOR
E. ~SEBE¢* HEINTZ, COUNCILMAN
WALTER LOGACZ, COUNCILMAN
GAYLE R. NORBERG, COUNCILMAN
kENNETH E. HENTGES, COUNCILMAN
"SERVICE IS OUR BUSINESS"
~SOLUTION NO. 76--16
P~EGf~fRDING ~iE SIGN REQUEST OF Cf~-JX SYST~'~
BE IT HEP,~EBY RESOLVED BY T~LE CI~f COIR~CIL OF T~ CITY OF COLIq,~IA IiE!GHTS,
that
i~{E~EAS, Car-X S~stems has applied for a sign Dermit to e!io~ the inste!].at:ion
of a sign to advertise its business at 45th and Central Avenue Northeast,
Columbia Heights, and
~=HEREAS~ the said sign is designed to have an ~dvertising surface on each of
its two opposing side,s-, each of which side displays ~.~o square feet of adver-
tising surface, and
~2HEREAS, the Columbia Heights Planning and Zoning Commission has denied the
application for such permit, end
~i~P~EAS~ the City of Co!~m~bia Heights in the past and on one accession ~ith~n
six months prior to this date has administratively issued sign permits for a
sign of this size to other a?plicants, and
,~ ..... AS, Car-X Systems entered into a contract for the expenditure o~
a~proximate!y $2,200,00 based on its knowledge that another sign ef the mizc
requested herein had been installed within the past six m~>ntha in the City
pursuant to a sign permit issued by the City, and
~HELEAS, the City Council finds~that Car-X Systems ~zJ.!l in all probability
suffer a substantial economic loss because of the change in its economic
position taken in reliance that the Car-X Systems would be issued a sign
pezmi~ for the size of sign set out herein~ and
~,R{EREAS~ the City Council does not intend to set a policy of allowing
variances for sign permits in the future based on economic considerations~
but because of the circumstances set ou~ herein the Ci.ty Council f!nd~ tha~
adherence to the literal provisions of the Co!u~ia Heights sign ordinance
would canse undue hardship to ~he property o~er and that in fairness to 'the
a~p!ican~ it should ih this ease grant such a veriance~
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE. CITY COLq~CIL OF THE CITY OF COL%%~tA
HEIGHTS that the appeal of Car-X Systems be granted and that it be allowed
to install the type and size of sign applied for in its February, 1976
application. Further, the Colu~,bia Heights bui%ding inspector is directed
to issue a sign permit to instal], the sign as described within such
application.
Passed this Z2~day of March, 1976
Offered by: Heintz
Seconded by:
Roll Call:
Hentges ~
Hein~z, Hentges, Nawrocki--
Norberg--nay
Logacz--abstain
Bruce G. ~awrocki, Mayor
Secretary - '