Planning Office Hours 1989-1991 Dahlgren

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PLANNING OFFICE HOURS 6 March 1991 3. Tom Ruvelson, Sign Consultants, Inc. (332-0007) r 2 • Mr. Ruvelson is preparing signage plans for Wally McCarthy Cadillac (former Long Cadillac). The Ordinance allows one pylon sign plus wall signage up to a certain size. When the original signs were erected in 1974, a variance was granted to allow two pylon signs in exchange for an agreement not to have have any wall signage on the building. Now, the new owners want wall signage, which would put the site in technical violation of the sign ordinance. We explained the situation to Mr. Ruvelson and he said the owners were willing to remove one of the pylon signs in exchange for the wall signage. We made a quick calculation of the sign area involved and it appears the proposal would meet the square footage limitations. We also expressed our concern over possible future window signage at the dealership that might not be in be in keeping with sign ordinance requirements. 4. Todd Mongrain, Hugh Cullen - Summit Realty (227-4100) Summit Realty is considering taking out an option on the Glacier parcel west of 35W south of County Road B-2. Their proposal is for an o�fice/showroom project on the vacant 8.2-acre site, arquing that the market for pure office is very weak at the moment. In the H-6 District, the proposed use is not allowed. We discussed the fact that the City Council would like to �ee a more intense, higher image use of the site. We noted that the question of reconsidering land uses in the area had recently been brought before the Council and they prefer to leave it as designated for the time being. We left open �he possibility of coming back at a later date to discuss alternatives. 5. Stan Krzywicki, System� Control (897-1232) Jerry Perkins, Pope Assoc. (642-9200) S�ystems Control has recei�ced conditional approval �or their automo�ile emission testing station on the Ettinger site on County Road C, but that site is encumbered by soil contamination and past liens on the property� Because of these comp3ications, they indicated they will probably not to pursue that site and have pro�osed the same use on another parcel. The new site is on Partridge Road north of County Road C-2. That site is encumbered with an NSP easement and a Ci�y water main easement, but in working with staff we have made suggestions tha� seem to result in a wrorkable solution while avoiding the easements. The concept we discussed would involv� a sma�l variance to the front yard setback (Partridge Road) for a corner of the building, In �xchange for this minor encroachment, the five ov�rhe�d doors on the buildinq would be set iurther back from the street, and there would be space for additional landscaping and screening. We discussed a number of other site planning details with them and are expecting a complete application on the Partridge site this week. � �