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Memorializing the City Council's decision of January 16, 2013, granting the appeal of the Hamline Midway Coalition of a BZA decision granting sign variances to the business property at 1607 University Avenue West.
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WHEREAS, Troy DeCorsey duly applied for a variance from the Board of Zoning Appeals ("BZA"), under BZA File No. 12-208226
, from the strict application of the zoning code's regulation of signs in T4 zoning districts, for the purpose of installing a "projecting" business sign for DeCorsey's business located at property commonly known as 1607 University Avenue West (PIN No. 332923140083 ) and legally described as Brightwood Park Lot 22 Blk 4; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Leg. Code § 64.503(a)(3), business signs in T4 zoning districts are permitted to project into the public right-of-way no more than 3 feet and are limited in size to no more than 16-square feet per-side. The business sign proposed by DeCorsey would project 4-feet over a public sidewalk and would be 25-square feet per-side in size. Approving the proposed sign required a 1-foot projection variance and a 9-square foot size variance; and
WHEREAS, on November 26, 2012, the BZA pursuant to Leg. Code § 61.601, duly conducted a public hearing on the said application where all persons interested were afforded the opportunity to be heard; and
WHEREAS, at the close of the said public hearing, the BZA, based upon the public hearing evidence, the file submissions, as well as the report of BZA staff recommending denial, all as substantially reflected in the minutes, determined to grant the requested projection variance but modify the requested size variance by limiting the size of the sign to no more than 20.5-square feet per-side, based upon the following findings as set forth in BZA Resolution No. 12-208226 and incorporated herein as follows:
"1. The variance is in harmony with the general purposes and intent of the zoning code...
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