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• RESOLUTION NO. 98-48 GAS: B/14/98 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING VARIANCE NO. 98-07, TO ALLOW RELIEF FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE SIGN CODE RELATED TO THREE FREESTANDING SIGNS FOR THE SUPERIOR SUPER WAREHOUSE LOCATED AT 1700-1720 SOUTH MAIN STREET WHEREAS, Santa Ana Municipal Code Section 41-638 provides for the granting of a variance from the provisions of the Santa Ana Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, this Commission held a public hearing on August 24, 1998, on Variance Application No. 98-07, to allow: 1. Section 41-862 (b)(2) requires any freestanding sign to be located in a landscaped planter not less than four feet in any direction: this sign is located in the concrete sidewalk in the front of the store. • 2. Section 41-862 (c) (2) states that no freestanding sign shall be higher than seven feet as measured from the curb, the overall height plus the overall width shall not exceed 16 linear feet and the sign face shall not exceed 45 square feet: the proposed sign structure is 38 feet high, has a linear dimension of 96 feet and the combined sign face area is approximately 427 square feet. 3. Section 41-862 (d) (2) states the copy area shall not exceed 40 percent of the signable area: there is no solid copy area as this sign is suspended on a steel frame . 4. Section 41-862 (d) (3) states that the sign shall be for the name of the center or business and contain no more than eight items of information: the proposed sign has 9 items of information. Three words for the name of the business, three words describing products (meats, produce and bakery) and three pictorial symbols, or icons, representing these three products. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISION OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: 1. Based upon the evidence submitted at the abovesaid hearing this Commission finds and determines as follows: 1