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PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT ~ MR. GARY DITSCHLER OF RAMSEY CARPET CO. 1. That Mr. Gary Ditschler of Ramsey Carpet Co., hereinafter referred to as "Applicant", has properly applied for a Board of Adjustment variance from 170.05 of the Ramsey City Code regarding sign ~ize. 2. That the Applicant appeared before the Ramsey Board of Adjustment for a public hearing pursuant to Section 170.013G of the Ramsey City Code on October 22, 1987 and that said public hearing was properly advertised and the minutes of said public hearing are hereby incorporated as part of these findings by reference. 3. That the subject property is generally known as 5924 167th Avenue N.W. and is legally described as follows: That part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 11, Township 32, Range 25, Anoka County, Minnesota, described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter then South along the West line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 331.3 feet, then East parallel with the North line. of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter to the centerline of State Trunk Highway No. 47, then Northerly along said centerline of highway to the North line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter then West along the North line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter to the point of beginning. -and- The South 94.99 feet of the North 426.29 feet (as measured along the west line) of the part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 11, Township 32, P~nge 25, Anoka County, Minnesota, lying westerly of the centerline of Trunk Highway No. 47 except road subject to easement of record. 4. That the subject property is located in the P~ Rural Business district and is approximately 6 acres in size. 5. That the subject property is the site of a 20,000 square foot commercial/retail strip shopping center. 6. That Section 170.055C of the City Code specifies that wall or roof signs shall not exceed fifteen per cent (15%) of the total wall area of that wall. 7. That according to City Code, the total amount of permitted wall signage on the north side of the shopping center is 285 square feet. 8. That City staff has prorated the maximum amount of signage for each store/space within the shopping center; this formula allocates .048 square feet of sign for each square feet of wall area. 9. That the Applicant is proposing to install a 60 square foot wall sign on the exterior wall of his store. That the Applicant's wall space is approximately 960 square feet.