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Councilmember Hendriksen questioned if they should limit traffic from the additional parking area to the current accesses. Mr. Levine replied that he was very willing to work with traffic personnel to make the correct decision. Councilmember Hendriksen requested that Finding of Fact #18 be added to state "That the applicant is willing to comply with traffic control limitations that are appropriate for the site." Motion by Councilmember Hendriksen, seconded by Councilmember Kurak, to adopt Resolution #01-12-439 Findings of Fact # 0593, adding Finding #18, relating to a request from Anoka- Hennepin Technical College for an interim use permit to allow for an unimproved parking lot as the principal use of a property until May 31, 2002. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Hendriksen, Kurak, Anderson, and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Motion by Mayor Anderson, seconded by Councilmember Hendriksen, to adopt Resolution g01- 12-440 declaring terms of the Interim Use Permit to allow for an unimproved parking lot as. the principal use of a property adding condition #9 "Permit is issued contingent on the permittee complying with reasonable traffic control conditions as recommended by MnDOT, based on the findings of facts until May 31, 2002. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Anderson, Hendriksen, Kurak, and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. Case #2: Request for a Conditional Use Permit to Exceed Wall Sign Square Footage Restrictions; Case of Crosstown Sign Community Development Assistant Wald stated that the City received an application fi'om Crosstown Sign for a conditional use permit to exceed wall sign square footage restrictions for the Ramsey business, Valvoline Express Care, located at 6745 State Highway gl0. In the commercial district, City Code restricts wall signs to a size of 15% of the building fi'ont. Valvoline Express Care's building front is 435 square feet in-size and, therefore, allowed 65 square feet of wall signage. Valvoline Express Care would like to install an awning on the subject building that would extend across the fi'ont of the building and wrap around to a portion of the east and west sides of the building. The entirety of the awning would consist of business and service advertising with a color logo. The awning is 315 square feet in size; this interprets to a 250 square foot overage in wall signs. The applicant will be removing all existing wall signs from the building. The City has in the past, granted conditional use permits to allow for larger signs than permitted under City Ordinances (Ampride, Burger King, River Bend Plaza, Ramsey Town Square, M & G Leasing Inc. and Blue Line Collision). The Planning Commission met on December 4, 2001, to hold a public hearing and reviewed the conditional use permit request. There was no verbal or written comments submitted at the public hearing regarding the request to exceed sign size restrictions. Subsequent to the Planning Commission meeting, Mr. Deal, the property owner, provided staff with additional information regarding the dimensions of the City Council/December 18, 2001 Page 6 of 27