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8. That the Planning Commission unanimously adopted Resolution #25-196 approving the <br />variance to the minimum separation requirements with the following findings of fact: <br />A. That the off -premises digital billboard sign does not violate the intent and purpose of <br />the Comprehensive Plan. <br />B. That the practical difficulties, as stated by the Permittee, in placing the sign in a location <br />not meeting the two-mile spacing requirement of Section 108-55(b)(3) are: <br />1.) That the property owner proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not <br />permitted by the coning code. The applicant is proposing to construct a digital off - <br />premises billboard in a location specifically designated by the city's zoning for such <br />use. This is a reasonable and anticipated use of the property in this district. The sign <br />complies with all applicable design, height, and dimensional requirements outlined <br />in the ordinance. The proposed sign aligns with the city's intention to allow up to <br />three digital billboards along Highway 10. <br />2.) The plight of the landowner is dire to circumstances unique to the property not <br />created by the landowner. The need for the variance comes from the physical <br />location of this property and the location of the pre-existing placement of the two <br />other off -premises digital billboards. This area — the eastern portion of the off - <br />premise digital billboard overlay district along Highway 10 is the last remaining <br />area feasible for the code contemplated third digital billboard. Due to the placement <br />of the existing, previously approved off -premises digital billboards, achieving the <br />two-mile spacing is mathematically impossible. The two-mile spacing puts the next <br />allowable sign outside of the city's boundary to the east. This creates a unique <br />hardship and the application would otherwise be fully compliant if it were not for <br />this slight spacing shortfall. Any other location to the east would also need a <br />variance for spacing. These circumstances were brought about by the city defined <br />spacing intervals combined with the previous placement of the two previously <br />approved digital off -premises signs, which is not the result of any action or decision <br />by the applicant or landowner. <br />3.) The variance, if granted will not alter the essential character of the locality. The <br />proposed sign is located within the designated off -premise digital billboard overlay <br />district and is compliant with all other requirements of the ordinance with exception <br />of the spacing variance. The code permits up to three of these signs — two of which <br />have already been constructed. The variance would allow the third and final sign as <br />contemplated by the ordinance, and fulfill the city's original vision of having three <br />signs distributed along Highway 10. The original intention was one sign on the west <br />end, one sign in the middle, and one sign on the east end. This fulfills that vision. <br />The sign's design and placement are consistent with existing permitted signs and <br />will be located along a major commercial corridor, where such signs are expected <br />and appropriate. The variance does not introduce a new or unexpected intensity of <br />use into the area. It simply allows for the completion of the originally intended sign <br />RESOLUTION #25-239 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />