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. e e e ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION - OCTOBER 6, 1999 13 This Planning Case will be reviewed at the Monday, October 25, 1999, City Council meeting. PLANNING CASE #99-20 - APACHE GROUP - 1787 GA TEW AY BOULEVARD - PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT - PUBLIC HEARING Chair Erickson opened the public hearing at 9:01 p.m. Ms. Randall explained that the applicant was requesting approval of an amendment to the planned unit development to relocate the signage on a building located at 1787 Gateway Boulevard. When the planned unit development was originally approved in 1997, two signs were shown at the entrance on the east side of the building. The Planning Commission memo, for Planning Case 97-06, dated July 2, 1997, stated that each building would have one free standing sign and two business signs which are 60 square feet in area, at each of the four entries to the building, This building, however, does not have four entries, thus the number of signs shown on the plan were only two for the north east entrance. The applicant is willing to give up one of the signs at the entrance in lieu of the new proposed sign, The bnilding was approved with signage on the east side on either side of the north east entrance. There is also one pylon identification sign as you enter the parking lot. The applicant is requesting the ability to move one of the signs from the east entrance to the south side of the building. This would be a more visible location and customers would be able to see the sign from the public street. Staff would recommend the applicant be allowed to keep the signage on either side of the entrances in addition to the proposed sign. The building would have a total of three signs, which is still under the number of signs on the other two buildings which have up to eight signs. This would give the applicant the ability to modifY the signage without a planned unit development amendment in the future if tenants change. Ms. Randall advised that staff recommends approval of Planning Case 99-20, Planned Unit Development Amendment, to allow for a 60 square foot sign on the south side of the building located at 1787 Gateway Boulevard, and that the applicant be allowed to have a total of three signs. Ifthe Planning Commission makes a recommendation on this Planning Case then it would be heard at the October 25,1999, regular meeting of the City CounciL Chair Erickson closed the public hearing at 9:06 p,m" as no one wished to address the Planning Commission. Chair Erickson confirmed that with the three signs being permitted, this would still be within the total signage square footage allowed by Code. Ms. Randall stated that this was correct. She noted that, if the building were not totally taken over by the Apache Group, and there were other tenants in the building, there may be a need for the second sign on the door. She had been hoping to avoid the need for a future request for an additional sign. Commissioner Sand stated that his only concern was, when the Planning Commission reviewed Phase I, the Commission had labored on the exterior west facing facade of this Phase to ensure the building would have some character and color. He asked if there is currently a sign on the