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STAFF REPORT BY: FILE INDEX NUMBER: APPLICANT: REQUEST: BACKGROUND JAIME R. AGUILERA, Director V 3-89 PLASTI LINE, FOR BURGER KING MAJOR VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 65 FOOT HIGH SIGN IN AN AREA WHERE 45 FEET IS THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT ALLOWED The applicant purchased the property on the southeast corner of 9th Street and Valley Boulevard with the intention of utilizing the existing pole sign for the purpose of placing the Burger King sign on the pole previously used for the Texaco gas station. The pole sign (with twin poled currently has a height of 55 feet to the top of the poles, with a 10 foot high sign "can" the top of the sign will be 65 feet or 20 feet higher than the allowed height by ordinance. ANALYSIS The Design Review Committee reviewed the proposal on February 6, 1989) and made the following findings: 1. The proposed business is a business which relies, to some extent, on freeway traffic. 2. Other similar businesses under similar circumstances have been granted variances, i.e., Taco Bell, Great Gatsby Pizza, the Bluffs Restaurant. 3. The Zoning Ordinance allows variances if it can be shown that the ordinance as written would deprive the applicant of rights enjoyed by other property under similar circumstances, because the property has some unique circumstances regarding location, topography, etc. 4. The Design Review Committee found that due to location the property is eligible for a "freeway oriented sign." 5. The Design Review Committee further found that due to topography (freeway height) a 45 foot high sign could not be visible from the freeway and, therefore, only a 65 foot high sign could afford the applicant visibility allowed by the Zoning Ordinance.