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Findings of Fact A. To accommodate an adequate supply of businesses and services that serve the community and motorists traveling through the community with a broad range of services and goods. B. To provide locations for uses that may be incompatible with retail centers, thereby keeping the retail centers compact and convenient. C. To keep services in close proximity to arterial streets or highways in areas that are appropriately designated on the Comprehensive Plan. D. To encourage grouping of compatible and mutually supportive business uses and services. E. To promote business prosperity. F. To establish a high standard of development and design that produces a positive visual image and minimizes the effects of traffic congestion, noise, odor and glare. G. To allow a transitional reuse of existing buildings until market conditions warrant redevelopment. H. To enhance redevelopment potential by prohibiting uses that would impede redevelopment. I. To ensure acceptable traffic operations on local streets. J. To promote flexibility in land uses and site development standards to achieve the purposes of the district. The Planning Commission must make a finding as to whether or not the proposed sign standard adjustment at 3920 Northwoods Drive meets the criteria in the Sign Code to deviate from the sign regulations and if the increased height of the signage would adversely affect the surrounding neighborhood and the community as a whole. Staff offers the following nine findings for consideration: 1. The property is located in the B -3 Zoning District and Sign District 7. 2. In Sign District 7, freestanding signs are permitted up to 25 square feet and eight feet in height 3. The property is a conforming use in the B -3 Zoning District. 4. The existing freestanding sign is 16 feet in height and 102 square feet in size, and exceeds the maximum size standards in Sign District 7. 5. The existing freestanding sign is adjacent to highway 694. 6. The proposed sign would be 35 feet in height and 102 square feet in size. 7. Adjacent businesses have freestanding signs that are 35 feet in height along highway 694. 8. The sign would not be visible from residential properties. 9. Section 1260 of the Sign Code permits deviations from the Sign Code through the site plan review process. 10. The location of the office building and the placement of the existing sign limit the visibility of the sign from I -694 eastbound. City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for January 5, 2011 Page 3 of 5