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Page 2 of 6 <br /> <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. At that same time, a Master Planned Unit Development was <br />approved. Subsequently a Planned Unit Development (PUD) was approved in January 2021 for <br />New Perspective Senior Living to be developed on Lot 1. Lot 2 was sold to the Lake Johanna <br />Fire Department and is currently undeveloped. Bethel University has an existing multi-tenant <br />freestanding sign that is located along Pine Tree Drive on Lot 2. They are planning to move the <br />multi-tenant freestanding sign to Outlot A which is owned by Bethel University. With this <br />relocation, the Applicant is planning upgrades to the freestanding sign design and size. <br /> <br />2. Site Data <br /> <br />Future Land Use Plan: Community Mixed Use <br />Existing Land Use: Institutional and Commercial <br />Zoning: B-2, General Business District <br />Size: 65.12 Acres (2 Pine Tree Drive and Outlot A) <br /> <br />Plan Evaluation <br /> <br />Chapter 12, Sign Code <br /> <br />The Applicant is proposing a freestanding sign that will include tenant signage for those multiple <br />uses located at 2 Pine Tree Drive, Anderson Center and New Perspective Senior Living at 3565 <br />Pine Tree Drive. Within the sign code an “on-premise sign” is defined as a sign who message is <br />related to the property or the activity and use occurring on the property on which the sign is located. <br />On-premise signs include multi-tenant identification signs that may advertise tenants on different <br />property provided such tenants are within the same approved PUD and parking is shared between <br />properties. Bethel University and New Perspective Senior Living have a shared parking agreement <br />that was a condition of the PUD approval for New Perspective Senior Living. The shared parking <br />agreement was reviewed by the City Council as part of the fully executed Development <br />Agreement. <br /> <br />With relocation of the sign, the Applicant is required to construct the new sign in compliance <br />with sign standards as described under the ordinance. The Applicant is seeking flexibility on <br />sign standards for height and sign copy area based on the size of the existing multi-tenant <br />freestanding sign.