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

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Draft .�anuary 5, 2011, Planning Commission Minutes Planning Case 11-002; Site Plau Review — Sign Standard Ac�justment; 3920 Narthwoods Darive; 3900 Northwoods Drive, LLC —Not a Puhlic Hearing City Flanner Beekman stated the applicant has req�ested a site plan review for a sign standard adjustment that would a11ow for a deviation from the sign code for the height of the freestanding sign locaied at 3920 Northwoods Drive. City Planner Beekman pravided backgraund information and stated the Planning Commission must malce a finding as to wheiher or not the proposed sign standard adjustment at 3920 Northwoods Drive meets ihe criteria in the Sigz� Code to deviate from the sign reguia�ions and if the increased height of the signage would adversely affect the surrounding neighborhood as�d tl�e community as a whole. Staff offers the following twelve findings for consideration: L The property is located in tl�e B-3 Zoning District and Sign District 7. 2. In Sign District 7 freestanding signs are permitted up to 25 square-feet and eight-�eet in height. 3. The property is a canfarming use in the B-3 Zoning Distxzct. 4. The existing frees#anding sign is 16 feet in height and 102 square-feet in size, and exceeds the maximum size standards in Sign Distric� 7. 5. The existing freestanding sign is adjacent to Highway 644. 6. The proposed sign wo�ld 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 residentiai properties. 9. Section 1260 of the Sign Code permifs deviations from the Sign Code through the site plan review process. 10. The �ocation of the office building and the placement of the existing sign li�nit the visibi�ity of the sign from I-694 eastbound. i 1. The sign adjustment will not result in a sign that is incansistent with the purpose of the B-3 Zoning District. 12. The sign would not have a negative impact on adjacent properties or the City as a whole. City Planner Beekman stated Staff recommenc�s approval of Planning Case #11-002 for a Site Plan Review for a sign standard adjustxnent based on the findings of fact, �he submitted app�ication, and the January S, 20I 1, Planning Case Repart. Vice-Chair Thompson opened the floor to Commissian questions. Cammissioner Zim�zerman asked if the sign was on the applicant's property ar in ihe City right of way. City Planner Beek�nan stated it was locat�d an the applicant's property.