4C, Planning Case 11-020 – Mounds View High School CUP Amendmen

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September 7, 201Z, Draft Planning Commission Minutes Planning Case 11-020; CUP Amendmenf and Variance; Mounds Vievv High School, 1900 Lake Valenfine Rd — Public Hearing City Planner Meagan Beekman stated the applicant has requested a Conditional Use Permit Amendment and Variance to construct a scoreboard on the north side of their baseball f e1d. City Planner Meagan Beekman stated Mounds View High Schaol received a Condiiional Use Pe�nit {CUP} Amendment to cor�struct a baseball field in the southwest corner of the school property in 2008. In 2009, Mounds View High School added bleachers, and a foul ball netting system to the baseball field. At #his time Mounds View High School is proposing to construct a 192 square foot digital scoreboard. The scor�board would be 24 feet in width, eight feet in height and mowxted on ten fooi high poles, making it eighteen feet in height. The scoreboard would be located facing the field on the north side oi the existing ball f eld. The score would be located approximatcly 460 �eet frarn the nearest property line, and approxizx�ately 540 feet from the nearest home. City Planner Meagan Beekman reviewed the Plan Evaluation. 1. Zoning Code Regulations A. Lot Coverage — Meets Requirements — This project would not result in an increase of impervious coverage. B. Setbacks — Meets Requirements — The proposed scoreboard would be located approximately 460 feet frorn the rear property line. C. Height — Variance Required — Accessary structures are permitted up to fifteen feet in height. The proposed scoreboard would be eighteen feet in height, which is a standard height for scoreboa�ds; however, a variance would be required to allor�r the additianal three feet of height. The posts wauld need to be custom made to accommodate a height of fifteen feet, and given the location af the scor�board in relation to the field and bleachers it wo�ld not be as visible at a reduced height. The applicani is rec�uesting a vaxiance to construct the �coreboard at eighteen feet rafher than fifteen feei. D. Landscaping — M�ets Requirerx�ents — The applicant is not propasing to remove any vegetation on rhe site. 2. Sign Code Regulations — The Sign Code allows permanent signage to be located on scoreboards, provided that it daes not exceed 30 percent of the total scoreboard area if it is vi�ible from adjacent property. The scoreboard is proposed ta have approxi�ately 48 square feet of permanent signage on it, approximately 25 percent of the scoreboard face. 3. Conditional Use Permii Amendme�t Criteria -- S�ction 1355.04 Subd 3 of the Axden Hills Zoning Code lists the cr�teria for evaluating a Condition Use Permit Amendment.