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_____________________________________________________________________________________________ City of Arden Hills Planning Commission Meeting for April 5, 2017 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2017\PC 17-008 - Lexington Station - Master PUD Amendment and Final PUD Phase 2\Memos_Reports_17-008 Page 11 of 17 Pedestrian and Bicycle Circulation – Meets Requirements Sites must be designed to accommodate the safe mobility of pedestrians and bicyclists. The Master Site Plan includes pedestrian walkway connections between the principal buildings on the site. Pedestrian connections would also be provided to the development from the public sidewalks on Lexington Avenue and Red Fox Road. Bicycle Parking – Meets Requirements For commercial properties, one bicycle parking space is required for every 20 automobile parking spaces. In this case, nine bicycle parking spaces are required for Phase 2. The applicant has included a bicycle parking area on the north side of the building in a visible and accessible location. The submitted plans do not indicate the design of the bicycle parking. This will be evaluated at the time the building permit is submitted to ensure sufficient parking is provided. 3. Sign Code – Chapter 12 A. Freestanding Signage – Flexibility Requested The site is located in Sign District 5. Each property is allowed one freestanding sign measuring up to 100 square feet in area and not exceeding 16 feet in height. The applicant has proposed a monument sign on Red Fox Road just west of the principal entrance. The sign would measure 26 feet in height and have a total sign copy area of 171.9 square feet. Monument signs in Sign District 5 must have a solid base of brick or rock-faced block. The material of the base must also extend at least one-half way up the sides of the sign face. The proposed monument sign would sit on cast stone and brick would extend one-half way up one side of the sign. FREESTANDING Sign District 5 Permitted Proposed Type Monument Monument Maximum Copy Area 100 sq. ft. 171.9 sq. ft. Maximum Height 16 feet 26 feet Roberts Management has requested additional height and area for the sign to increase its visibility from the Lexington Avenue and Red Fox Road intersection. Additionally, the application notes that the property owner would limit the amount of wall signage each tenant is allowed to less than what is permitted by the Sign Code. In exchange for the wall signage reduction, the applicant is requesting a larger freestanding sign. A rendering of the proposed sign as seen from Lexington Avenue is included in Attachment F. Staff believes that the proposed height and size of the sign is excessive given the development context along Red Fox Road. As a condition of approval, staff is recommending that the