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Page 4 of 5 <br /> <br />Wall Sign Regulations by Location and Frontage <br />Location and frontage are used in the Arden Hills sign code to regulate wall sign total sign copy <br />area. For example, properties with frontage on Lexington Avenue south of 694 are allotted 80 <br />square feet of sign copy area. This is greater than the 60 square feet allotted for properties on <br />Lexington north of 694 and the 50 square feet permitted for properties with frontage on County <br />Road E. Non-frontage commercial properties are included in Sign District 7 which has a <br />maximum area of 45 square feet and are distinguished from commercial properties with frontage. <br /> <br />The Shoreview and New Brighton sign codes do not include additional regulations based on <br />frontage or location. Similar to the Arden Hills sign code, building street frontage in Shoreview <br />and New Brighton is used to determine the quantity of wall signs permitted for a property. <br /> <br />Comparisons with Shoreview and New Brighton <br /> <br />Staff has analyzed several land use cases to illustrate how the Arden Hills sign code has been <br />applied compared to the sign codes for Shoreview and New Brighton. The EDC can consider and <br />discuss how the application of the sign codes vary. <br /> <br />Example 1 – Outlier Grocer Use (91,600 square feet building, two elevations with frontage – <br />9,000 and 5,250 square feet, signable area – 8,800 and 5,125) located in Sign District 5 <br />Permitted – <br />Arden Hills <br />Requested Granted Permitted - <br />Shoreview <br />Permitted – New <br />Brighton <br />80 square feet 1,440 square feet 800 square feet <br />total <br />Based on 5% of <br />9,000 sf – 450 sf <br />5,250 sf – 262.5 <br />sf <br />Total – 712.5 <br />Based on 40% of <br />8,800 and 5,125 <br />or 200 sf per <br />frontage, 200 <br />per, 400 sf total <br /> <br />Example 2 – Commercial (4,500 square feet building, one elevation with frontage – 716 square <br />feet, signable area – 530 square feet) located in Sign District 4 <br />Permitted – <br />Arden Hills <br />Requested Granted Permitted - <br />Shoreview <br />Permitted – New <br />Brighton <br />50 square feet <br />total <br />134 square feet <br />total <br />70 square feet <br />total <br />Based on 10% of <br />716 sf – 71.6 sf <br />total <br />Based on 30% of <br />530 sf – 159 sf <br />total <br /> <br />Example 3 – Industrial (104,532 square feet building, one elevation with frontage - ~5,766, <br />signable area – 5,316 square feet) located in Sign District 7 <br />Permitted – <br />Arden Hills <br />Requested Granted Permitted – <br />Shoreview <br />Permitted – New <br />Brighton <br />45 square feet <br />total <br />60 square feet <br />total <br />60 square feet <br />total <br />Based on 5% of <br />5,766 sf – 288.3 <br />sf total <br />Based on 20% of <br />5,316 or 200 sf, <br />200 total <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />