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<br /> <br /> Page 1 of 6 <br /> <br />PC Agenda Item – 3D <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: September 8, 2021 <br /> <br />TO: Planning Commission Chair and Commissioners <br /> <br />FROM: Jessica Jagoe, Senior Planner <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Planning Case #21-020 – Public Hearing Required <br /> Applicant: Bethel University <br /> Property Location: Outlot A and 2 Pine Tree Drive <br />Request: Planned Unit Development Amendment <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br />Bethel University (“The Applicant”) is requesting a Planned Unit Development Amendment for <br />a proposed project located on Outlot A (“Subject Property”) within the 2 Pine Tree North Plat for <br />a multi-tenant freestanding sign. The subject property falls within Sign District 7. With the <br />recent subdivision of land, the Applicant no longer owns the parcel of land where their existing <br />multi-tenant sign is located. The existing sign exceeds the height and sign area as allowed in this <br />sign district. With the construction of a new sign, the Applicant is subject to compliance with <br />the applicable sign district regulations. The Applicant is seeking flexibility to Sign District 4. <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />1. Overview of Request <br /> <br />In 2013, Bethel University acquired the Country Financial facility at 2 Pine Tree Drive. The <br />subject property is located within the B-2 General Business District, where higher educational <br />uses are permitted by Conditional Use Permit (CUP). At its November 25, 2013 meeting, the <br />City Council approved a CUP for Bethel University to use the existing facility as higher <br />education. The campus is referenced as their “Anderson Center” location. The approx. 227,000 <br />square foot multi-tenant building is a mixture of higher education and office/commercial uses. <br /> <br />The property was subdivided in 2020 and split into three lots and an outlot to be used for utilities <br />and access drive within the plat. Bethel University retained their parcel with existing <br />development and Outlot A. A Planned Unit Development (PUD) was approved in January 2021 <br />for New Perspective Senior Living to be developed on Lot 1. Lot 2 was sold to the Lake <br />Johanna Fire Department and is currently undeveloped. Bethel University has an existing multi- <br />tenant freestanding sign that is located along Pine Tree Drive on Lot 2. They are planning to <br />move the multi-tenant freestanding sign to Outlot A which is owned by Bethel University. With <br />this relocation, the Applicant is planning upgrades to the freestanding sign design and size. <br />