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_________________________________________________________________________________________ <br />City of Arden Hills <br />Planning Commission Meeting for February 7, 2018 <br />P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2017\PC 17-004 - Sign Code Amendment\Memos_Reports_17-004 <br /> <br />Page 3 of 8 <br /> <br />Sign District Proposed Existing <br />District 9 Removed <br />Parts of TCAAP not fronting <br />Highway 96 <br />Highway Overlay <br />District <br />Commercial properties fronting I- <br />694, I-35W, or Hwy 10 <br /> <br /> <br />Wall Signage <br /> <br />Currently, the Sign Code allows a set square footage of wall signage based on the sign district <br />the property is located in. This one size fits all approach can result in signs that are not <br />proportional to the size of the building a business is located in. For example, under the current <br />Sign Code properties in Sign District 5 (properties fronting Lexington Avenue south of Interstate <br />694) are allowed 80 square feet of wall signage. This applies to both a large store like Cub Foods <br />as well as a tenant in a multiple occupancy building, such as Subway. <br /> <br />Staff has worked on updates to allow wall signage based on a percentage of the building <br />elevation area. From reviewing other cities’ regulations, this approach is commonly used for <br />business and industrial districts and not residential or public/institutional districts. The range is <br />generally between 5 and 10 percent of the elevation area. One wall sign per building would be <br />permitted, but properties with frontage on more than one public street would be allowed an <br />additional sign for each elevation with frontage. The table below provides examples of how <br />much wall signage would be allowed for different businesses in the City. <br /> <br />Business (Elevation) <br />5% Elevation <br />Area <br />10% Elevation <br />Area <br />Existing Wall <br />Signage <br />Cub Foods (Lexington Ave.) 429 sq. ft. 859 sq. ft. 681 sq. ft. <br />Walgreens (Lexington Ave.) 179 sq. ft. 359 sq. ft. 40 sq. ft. <br />Aspect LED (Dunlap St.) 55 sq. ft. 110 sq. ft. unknown <br />Potbelly (Lexington Ave.) 20 sq. ft. 40 sq. ft. 40 sq. ft. <br /> <br />Based on these calculations, using 5 percent of the building elevation for larger buildings (Cub <br />Foods and Walgreens) appears to work better than using 10 percent. Conversely, for tenants in <br />multiple occupancy buildings (Potbelly), 10 percent of the building elevation results in a more <br />appropriately sized sign. Staff would recommend setting the permitted wall signage at 5 percent <br />of the building elevation and establishing a minimum square footage for wall signage in each <br />district. This would ensure that tenants in multiple occupancy buildings have adequate signage. <br /> <br />Staff is recommending that wall signage be allocated as a set square footage for properties in <br />residential districts, and in the B-1, Neighborhood Business, Civic Center, Institutional, Parks <br />and Open Space, and Conservation Districts. The following table outlines recommendations for <br />wall sign copy area.
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