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4.0 REVIEW of REQUEST: 4.1 Since the summer of 2006, the City Planner and Corpus Christi have been discussing the church's interest in a second freestanding sign on the premises. The City Planner suggested that Corpus Christi hold off on a VARIANCE request because of the anticipated revisions to §1009 (Sign Regulation). This major revision was reviewed and supported by the Planning Commission in May 2006. However, due to a number of factors the sign ordinance modifications have not proceeded to the City Council for their adoption and staff does not anticipate action until January/February 2007. 4.2 Corpus Christi Church has an existing freestanding sign adjacent to their County Road B access. This sign has served parishioners and guests well, however not all individuals who enter the site use the County Road B access. The site has a second access adjacent to Fairview Avenue, which access does not include an identification sign. 4.3 The Corpus Christi parcel is rather large and includes a 12 to 14 foot elevation change from the roadway to the school and church. Also the campus structures lie approximately 250 feet from County Road B and 300 feet from Fairview Avenue, which may not be clearly visible from Fairview Avenue when attempting to locate the access drive. 4.4 The specific proposal seeks to install a 4 foot by 6 foot (24 sq. ft.) freestanding sign adjacent to the Fairview Avenue access. 5.0 STAFF COMMENTS/FINDINGS: 5.1 § 1009.04B (Institutional Uses) reads: Churches, schools, and other permitted institutional uses in residence districts may have an illuminated nameplate sign not greater than 50 sq. ft. in gross surface area. 5.2 Staff has for many years supported freestanding signs on church property, which signs can be multiple depending on the uses on the campus (uses such as church, school, and daycare). However, a recent review of § 1009 concludes that it is not clear to the City Planner whether freestanding ground/monument signs are actually nameplate signs and if not where in the current code are such signs allowed. 5.3 § 1009.08 (Type and Gross Surface of Signs in B, SC, and I Districts) established the criteria for allowing ground or pylon signs, but only in business and industrial districts. The Code does not speak to such signs within residential districts and specifically church sites. However, most, if not all churches in Roseville, have at least one freestanding ground/monument sign. 5.4 In order to expedite this request the City Planner concludes that church monument/ground signs are nameplate signs under § 1009.04B and that said signs allow such inclusions as logos and reader boards. Hence, since this section of the Code only allows one such sign of no more than 50 sq. ft. an additional sign that may or may not increase this aggregate total requires a VARIANCE. PF3801_RVBA_120606.doc - Page 2 of 4