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Variance Board Meeting City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive Minutes - Wednesday, February 5, 2014 – 5:30 p.m. 1. Call to Order 1 Chair Boguszewski called to order the Variance Board meeting at approximately 5:30 p.m. 2 and reviewed the role and purpose of the Variance Board. 3 2. Roll Call & Introductions 4 At the request of Chair Boguszewski, City Planner Thomas Paschke called the Roll. 5 Members Present: Chair Michael Boguszewski; and Commissioners Shannon 6 Cunningham and Robert Murphy 7 Others Present: Planning Commissioner Jim Daire 8 Staff present: City Planner Thomas Paschke 9 3. Review of Minutes 10 MOTION 11 Member Murphy moved, seconded by Member Cunningham to approve meeting 12 minutes of November 6, 2013 as presented. 13 Ayes: 3 14 Nays: 0 15 Motion carried. 16 4. Public Hearing 17 PLANNING FILE 14-001 18 Request by Transwestern for approval of a VARIANCE to Roseville City Code: 19 Chapter 1010.11 (Master Sign Plan) to allow a freestanding sign to be set back one 20 foot from the front property line at 1480 County Road C; legal description of the 21 property on file in the Community Development Department. 22 Chair Boguszewski opened the Public Hearing for Planning File 14-001 at 5:33 p.m. 23 City Planner Thomas Paschke summarized the request as detailed in the staff report 24 dated February 5, 2014; with conditions as outlined in Section 7.0 to allow a freestanding 25 sign to be set back one foot from the front property line at this multi-tenant building. Mr. 26 Paschke advised that after review by the Roseville Development Review Committee 27 (DRC) and analysis by Planning staff, the requested variance was recommended for 28 approval. 29 A representative of the applicant was not present at the meeting; and per Mr. Paschke, 30 was not expected to appear. Mr. Paschke advised that the applicant anticipates location of 31 the proposed sign between 1.5 and 2.5 from the property line, with the requested variance 32 for a minimum of 1’ in this unique situation. 33 At the request of Member Cunningham regarding other businesses and sign needs and 34 whether they would be located similarly in the vicinity, Mr. Paschke responded that some 35 may already have signs in place, while others utilize wall signage. Mr. Paschke advised 36 that this application was the first to come forward with a request to place a freestanding 37 sign as part of the master plan for other sites. Once tenants are found, Mr. Paschke 38 advised that there may be subsequent sign requests as tenants turn over; however, he 39 noted that others may have more space available to place their signage without requiring 40 a variance to do so. 41 Chair Boguszewski concurred with staff’s assessment, especially when the building was 42 built prior to current zoning code and allowing its close proximity to the property line. Chair 43 Boguszewski opined that in his view from County Road C, there appeared to be no 44 impediment to anything; and the sign would serve useful for visitors to the site. 45