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<br /> <br />Page 2 of 9 <br />Horizon Academy to provide onsite childcare to their employees. Since 2020, New Horizon <br />Academy has seen a decline in enrollment with many campus employees continuing to work <br />full-time from home. As a result, the two parties have agreed to allow for open enrollment of <br />childcare services to non-employees. <br /> <br />The Applicant is seeking flexibility to install an additional single-tenant freestanding sign along <br />Lexington Avenue in order to advertise their childcare facility to the community. As part of this <br />application, the existing monument sign along County Road F will be refaced to include the New <br />Horizon Academy name and updated Land O’Lakes logo. No other changes are proposed to <br />existing signage that was approved in 2018 as part of the Master Sign Plan. <br /> <br />2. Master Sign Plan Background <br /> <br />In 2018, the City Council approved Planning Case #18-027—a Sign Standard Adjustment for a <br />deviation from the sign code to increase the permitted size of the freestanding monument and <br />auxiliary signs on the Subject Property. The Master Sign Plan includes four (4) auxiliary signs. <br />Two (2) auxiliary signs are located internal to the corporate campus and two (2) are located at <br />the far eastern and western access points adjacent to County Road F. The Applicant is not <br />proposing any changes to the auxiliary signs as part of this application. Then there are two (2) <br />approved monument signs that are located along abutting roadways (i.e. County Road F and <br />Lexington Avenue). <br /> <br />Under the Master Sign Plan, the Subject Property is allowed two freestanding monument signs <br />each with a total sign area of up to 60 square feet and a sign copy area not to exceed 22.5 square <br />feet. Flexibility was also granted to allow up to 25 square feet of auxiliary/directional signage on <br />both monuments that is not to be deducted from the maximum sign copy area allowed. <br />Additionally, all freestanding signs on the Subject Property are to be externally illuminated. For <br />clarification between these two terms, “sign area” is defined as the area encompassing the sign <br />face and sign structure, whereas “sign copy area” is defined as the area around the words or <br />graphics on the sign. <br /> <br />3. Existing Conditions <br /> <br />The Applicant, New Horizon Academy, is located in Building C on the Subject Property shown <br />below which is part of the Land O’Lakes Corporate Headquarters. There are three buildings on <br />the corporate campus. The Subject Property is located in the I-1 Zoning District and is part of <br />Sign District 6. Sign District 6 allows for freestanding signs with a maximum sign copy area of <br />45 square feet. All of the Sign Districts allow an additional freestanding sign on properties <br />abutting more than one public street. If that were the case, each additional freestanding sign may <br />not exceed half the size of the maximum sign area allowed for a freestanding sign in the <br />underlying sign district. For the Subject Property, the maximum sign copy area allowed for an <br />additional freestanding sign would be 22.5 square feet. <br /> <br />All of the auxiliary and freestanding signs as approved under the 2018 Master Sign Plan have <br />been installed on the Subject Property. As part of this sign proposal, the Applicant is requesting <br />to install a second nonilluminated freestanding monument sign along Lexington Avenue with up