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1 2 Ayes: 3 3 Nays: 0 4 Motion carried 3-0. 5 f.Planning File 3661: Request by Tammy Jenkins (St. Francis Animal 6 and Bird Hospital) for a Variance to Section 1009.03M (Ground Signs) 7 of the Roseville City Code to allow the replacement of a 8 ground/monument sign within the required 15 foot setback on property 9 located at 1227 Larpenteur Avenue West. 10 11 12 Chair Bakeman opened the hearing and requested staff to provide a verbal summary of 13 the project report dated August 3, 2005. 14 15 Dennis Welsch, indicated that Tammy Jenkins, D.V.M., (St. Francis Animal and Bird 16 seeks to rebuild her existing ground sign on the premises adjacent to Larpenteur Hospital) 17 Avenue to a point 6 feet from the property line adjacent to the right of way. The existing 18 ground sign originally met the height, size, and setback requirements of the Roseville 19 City Code. In 1992, the City approved a sign permit to allow the construction of the St. 20 Sign along Larpenteur Avenue and associated site Francis Animal and Bird Hospital 21 improvements. In 2000 the County rebuilt Larpenteur Avenue and the City rebuilt the 22 sidewalks and landscaping, including trees, plantings, pavement, bollards and fencing. To 23 accomplish this, the County acquired 9 additional feet of property from the Animal 24 Hospital. The proposal by seeks to Tammy Jenkins, St. Francis Animal and Bird Hospital, 25 replace the existing ground sign with a new sign at the same location. 26 27 The applicant proposes to locate the sign six feet from her south property line. This 28 request is similar to those sign variances approved at the Dairy Queen, B-Dale Club, 29 Brentwood Town Offices, and Kinderberry Hill Child Care. A similar sign variance was 30 also approved for the Press Gym. 31 32 The Staff is recommending approval of a 9 foot Variance to Section 1009.03M of the 33 City Code Sign Section (Ground Sign Dimensional Requirements) to allow the retention 34 of a ground sign at 1227 Larpenteur Avenue to a point no closer than 6 foot from the 35 property line adjacent to the Avenue based on the findings in Section 5 and the following 36 conditions: 37 38 a) The edge of the ground sign (not the pylon post) must be set back a 39 minimum of 6 feet from the Larpenteur Avenue property line 40 41 b) The sign must be placed at the west side of the parking lot in the same 42 location as the current sign. 43 44 c) The ground sign height must be limited to a maximum height of 8 feet 45 above grade. 46 Page 9 of 10