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<br />., <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />~ <br />~~ILLS <br /> <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: September 17, 2001 <br /> <br />TO: Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />FROM: Aaron Parrish, City Planner <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Case #01-25, Guidant Corporation <br />Sign Ordinance Variance <br /> <br />Reouest <br /> <br />The applicant is requesting the necessary variances to the Sign Ordinance to permit the installation <br />of two additional freestanding signs within one foot of the right-of-way of Lexington Avenue and <br />a height variance for a wall sign to permit painting "Guidant" on the east and west of the existing <br />water tower located on this office/industrial campus. <br /> <br />Pronosal <br /> <br />Freestanding Ground Signs <br /> <br />Install two additional freestanding signs, identified as Sign II and Sign III, the entrances to the <br />former Control Data campus on Lexington A venue. The Signs would be located on the south side <br />of Guidant Drive North and Guidant Drive South, across the road from existing freestanding ground <br />signs identifying other tenants of the campus. The new signs would be similar in design to each <br />other and to existing Guidant signs at the main entrance on Hamline, and at County F and Harnline, <br />but would differ in dimension. <br /> <br />Si nIl <br />Si n III <br /> <br />Si Frame <br />'fall <br />7ft8in <br />4 ft 0 in <br /> <br /> <br />~a <br />18 sf <br />9 sf <br /> <br />Lon <br />17ftOin <br />12ftOin <br /> <br />Hei t <br />7:ft 8 in <br />5:ft 5 in <br /> <br />The sites ofthe signs are presently natural, but not formally landscaped. A vision triangle will have <br />to be created to provide sign visibility. Plant material lost from the area of the signs will be replaced <br />