8B, Planning Case 11-002 – Sign Standard Adjustment at 3920 Northwoods Drive

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� EN HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: lT�� FROM: January 31, 2011 Honarable Mayor & City Council Patrick Klaers, City Administraiar Mea an Beekman Cit Planner �� � � Y SUBJECT: Planning Case #11-002 Applicant: 3900 Northwoods Drive, LLC Property Lacation: 3920 Northwoads Drive Request: Site Plan Review— Sign Star�dard Adjustment Reguested Action Motion ta Approve Planning Case 11-Oa2 for a Sign Standaxd Adjustment at 3920 Northwoods Drive, based on the findings of fact and tk�e submitted plans in the January 31, 2011, r�port to the City Council. Sack�round The ap�Iicant is proposing to increase the height of ihe freestanding pylon sign Iocated at 3920 Northwoods Drive from 16 feet to 35 feei. The sign face itself would remain unaffected. The property is located an the B-3 Service Business District directly south of the 694 eastbound off ramp to Lexington Avenue. The property is west of the Super $ Motel and Perkins properties, and east of �ie T-Flex District. 3920 N�rthwoods Drive is an office building that has been vacant for a nun:iber of years. Presently the praperty has a freestanding pylon sign located adjacent to �-694. The existing sign is 16 feet in height with a sign face that is 102 square feet in size. The property owner has been actively marketing the property and believes that improving the visibility of the signage from I- b94 would assist in getting the property leased or so�c�. Other signs along I-694 in this area are 35 feet in height, and are mare visible than the �xisting 16-foat tall sign. In Arden Hills, all corriz�n.ercial properties that do not have frontage on Co�nty Road E, Lexington Avenue, or Highway 96 are located within Sign District 7. The Sign Code limits Crty offlyden Hills City Council Meeting for JanuAry 3 l, Z011 Page 1 of 3