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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />surrounding area. <br /> <br />The proposed sign is inconsistent with both the Civic Center Zoning District and Sign District 6 <br />whieh anticIpated more destination oriented facilities, mainly an integrated government center, <br />which would not require as mueh signage. Even at the revised size of 154 square feet, the <br />proposed sign is nearly one and one-half times as large as the largest freestanding signage <br />permitted in the Arden Hills Sign Ordinance (100 square feet), and the areas which would be <br />permitted for 100 square feet of freestanding signage are retail uses which are much more <br />dependant on visibility and customer walk-in traffic than a government use would be. <br /> <br />Part of the problem with visibility is likely caused by the amount of information on the sign; 10 <br />lines with headings and subheadings. A simplified sign, perhaps which also included the address <br />numbers, and listed the headings could allow a mueh smaller sign of about 100 square feet. <br />Following is an example: <br /> <br />1411-1425 <br />Ramsey County Public Works <br />Ramsey County Sheriff Patrol Station <br />Arden Hills Operations & Maintenauce <br />Mounds View Schools Maintenance <br />MN Army National Guard Joint Training Site <br />MN Army National Guard Field Maintenance <br /> (brick) <br />(brick sign base) (sign base) <br /> <br />By reducing the amount of information and providing more space in between the lettering the <br />sign would be more visible for traffic traveling along Highway 96 and Hamline Avenue. While <br />it is true that some things would need to be left off of the sign, this would really not be much <br />different than signage for an offiee building with many tenants; the sign allows people to find the <br />buildings and site, once they find the site they would then proceed to the building for the <br />individual tenant. The address numbers at the top of the sign may prove more helpful to identify <br />the site than any amount of text. In addition, by keeping the size of the sign to 100 square feet <br />(for the sign cabinet area, the base and side would make the overall monument larger) Ramsey <br />County would have additional size to work with, above the 45 square feet permitted, but the sign <br />would be more consistent with Civic Center Zoning District and the Arden Hills Sign Ordinance. <br /> <br />\\Earth\Planning\Planning Cases\2005\05-10 RCPWF Sign Variance {PENDING)\04-06-05 PC Report OS-to_doc <br /> <br />Page 5 of7 <br />