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<br /> <br />CITY OF ROSEVILLE <br />PLANNING REPORT <br /> <br />DATE: 02-08-95 <br /> <br />CASE NO,: <br /> <br />Planner Approval: <br /> <br />Department Approval: <br /> <br />Agenda Section: <br /> <br />6(c) <br />Item Description: Signcrafters Inc, request for a variance to the zoning ordinance <br />at 2105 N, Snelling Avenue. <br /> <br />1. Background <br /> <br />Signcrafters Inc. have been employed by the Arby's Restaurant at 2105 N. <br />Snelling Avenue to install an electronic silent radio system. The silent radio <br />system is a L.E.D. message board which they are proposing to locate over <br />their drive through pickup window. The purpose of the silent radio system is <br />to provide information to the Arby's customer while they are waiting in line to <br />pick up their purchases, <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Section 14.040 of the Roseville City code states that '~signs giving off <br />intermittent or rotating beams shall not be pemritted it). any district. Where <br />the message or graphic content of a sign can be changed by mechanical or <br />electronic means, such message may not change more: than once every 24 <br />hours, except messages displaying time and temperatUre", In order to install <br />this information device, a variance to Section 14.040 must be granted by the <br />City. <br /> <br />2. Devel.,pment Summary <br /> <br />The Arby's Restaurant is located at 2105 N. Snelling Avenue. The property <br />under consideration is guided for business purposes and is zoned B-3 General <br />Commercial. The existing sign package for the restaurant includes a pylon <br />sign, wall signage, a menu board, and miscellaneous directional signs. The <br />silent radio system is 12 inches tall and 72 inches long and is proposed to be <br />mounted over the drive through pick up window. With the L.E.D, system, the <br />silent radio will be displaying continuous information ranging from current <br />news headlines, sports results, and product promotion from the Arby's <br />Restaurant. The message board will not be seen from the street and given its <br />size and low intensity lighting, is intended to be seen only from a few car <br />lengths away in distance, The neighboring property to the west is an <br />