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CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION 97 - 624
APPROVING SETBACK VARIANCE FOR AN ENTRANCE MONUMENT SIGN
FOR THE COURTS AT NANTERRE, LOCATED SOUTH OF SCHMIDT LAKE
ROAD AT COMSTOCK LANE (97130)
WHEREAS, an application has been filed by Moen Leuer Construction which requests
approval of a setback variance to allow construction of an entrance monument sign on
property legally derribed as Lot 29, Block 1. The Courts at Nanterre.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the request at a duly called Public
Hearing and recommends approval.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does approve
the request of Moen Leuer Construction for a setback variance for an entrance
monument sign ten feet from the north lot line and zero feet from the east lot line at
The Courts at Nanterre, subject to the following conditions:
1. This setback variance request is hereby approved in accordance with the plans
received by the City on Septbember 16, 1997, except as amended by this resolution.
2. This resolution is approved with the finding that the applicable variance standards
are met as (ollows:
a) the topographic conditions create a hardship;
b) the condition relating to the hardship is unique and is not generally applicable
to other properties;
c) the basis for the request is not based exclusively upon a desire to increase value
or income potential;
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d) the hardship was not created by the applicant.
extreme topographic conditions required for 9
quality Pond;
e) the sign would not be detrimental to the public
and
but rather was crated by the
rc bridge approach and water
welfare or the neighborhood;
f) the sign would not endanger public safety, an the required 30 -foot visibility
triangle would be maintained.
3. A sign permit shall be obtained prior to constnu tion of the entrance monument
sign.
4. Prior to issuance of the sign permit, the applicant must enter into an encroachment
agre=m with the City to encroach :he City easements (e.g., drainage and utility
easement,) in the area of the proposed entrance sign monument.
S. This approval shall expire one year after the date of approval, unless the applicant
has substantially started construction of the project, or unless the applicant has
received prior approval from the City to exte.►d the expiration date for up to one
additional year, as regulated under Section 21030.06 of the Zoning Ordinance.
Adopted by the City Council on October 15, 199
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS.
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of
Plymouth, Minnesota, certifies that I compared the foregoing resolution adopted at a
meeting of the Plymouth City Council on October 15, 1997, with the original thereof
on file in my office, and the same is a correct transcription thereof.
WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the Corporate seal of the City this
day of
City Clerk
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