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C1117Y OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION 97-705
APPROVINI, VARIANCE REQUEST FOR M.A. MORTENSON COMTANY FOR
DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE AT NVAYZATA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND ELM
CREEK PLAYFIELDS LOCATED AT 4955 PEONY LANE NORTH (97142).
WHEREAS, M.A. Mortenson Company has requested approval of variances to allow six
directional signs which exceed the four square foot maximum directional sign area for
Wayzata High School and the Elm Creek Playtields, and;
WHEREAS, the subjort property is legally described as:
Parcel 1:
The Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 7, Township
118, Range 22, Hennepin County, Minnesota, according to the
Go, -ernment Survey thereof.
Parcel 2:
All of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 7,
Township 118, Range 22, except the North 980.00 feet thereof, according
to the Goverment Survey thereof, Hennepin County Minnesota.
Parcel 3:
The East'h of the East Va of the Northwest V4, in Section 7, Township 118
North, Range 22 West of the 5' Principal Meridian according to the
Government Survey thereof, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
Parcel 4:
The West''Va of the East Ya of the Northwest''/. of Section 7, Township 118,
Range 22, according to the Government Survey thereof, Hennepin County,
Minnesota.
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Parcel S:
That part of the East 'A of the East '/2 of the Suuthwest '/4 of Section 7,
Township 118 North, Range 22 West of the 3" Principal meridian,
according to the Government Survey thereof, which lies north of the
northerly right of way line of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste.
Marie Railroad Company. Subject to an easement for road purposes and
for ingress and egress over the North 80 feet of above land. Said easement
is for the benefit of and appurtenant to, the East'/. of the Northwest'/. of
said Section, and is to connect with an easement for the same purposes
over the North 50 feet of the West'/ of the Southeast 'A of said Section, as
shown in Dad Doc. No. 983463, Files of Registrar of Titles.
Parcel 6:
That part of the West '/4 of the Southeast '/. of Section 7, Township 118,
Range 22, according to the Government Survey thereof, which lice North
of the northerly right of way line of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault
Ste. Marie Railroad Company.
Parcel 7:
The East X, of the West '% of the Southeast Quarter of Section 7, Township
118 North, Range 22 West of the 5th Principal Meridian, which lies North
of the northerly right of way line of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault
Ste. Marie Railroad Company.
Subject to the rights of the public in Peony lane over the Easterly 33 feet
of Parcel 7.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed said request at a duly called Public
meeting 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 by M.A. Mortenson Company for six variances based on the finding that the
variance standards have been met, subject to the following findings and conditions:
1. This variance allows installation of six directional signs which exceed the four square
foot sign area permitted by ordinance. The approval is for six signs of the following
approximate sizes: 13 square feet, 12 square feet, 10 square feet, two 9 square feet
and 6 square feet, in accordance with the application received by the City on
September 17,1997.
2. Wayzata High School is a 487,000 square foot building on a 161 -acre site. The
physicol size of the campus and the adjoining City playfields causes the need for
larger directional signs to identify various areas on the site.
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3. The conditions upon which the variances are requested are unique to this parcel ante
not applicable to other property within the same zoning district. This 161 -acre sits is
a unique development containing the 487,000 square foot Wayzata High School—the
largest building in Plymouth --and the City -owned Elm Creek Playfields.
4. The variance request is not based exclwrively upon a desire to increase the value of
the property.
5. The hardship is caused by this Chapter and is not a self-created hardship. The current
sign regulations do not address the needs of major, large-scale developments.
6. Granting the variance will not be detrimental to the public welfare or injurious to
other land in the neighborhood.
7. The proposed variance would not impair an adequate supply of light and air to
adjacent prop.-rty, or substantially increase the congestion of the public streets, or
increase the danger of h, ., or endanger the public safety, ur substantially diminish or
impair property values within the neighborhood.
8. The variance is the minimum action required to eliminate the hardship.
Adopted by City Council on November 19, 1997.
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 1 compared the foregoing resolution adopted at a
meeting of the Plymouth City Council oi, November 19, 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 real of the City this
day of
City Clerk