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Variance Board Meeting City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive Draft Minutes–Wednesday, October 7,2015–5:30p.m. 1.Call to Order 1 Chair Murphycalled to order the Variance Board meeting atapproximately 5:30p.m.and 2 reviewed the role and purposeof the Variance Board. 3 2.Roll Call & Introductions 4 At the request of Member Murphy,City Planner Thomas Paschke called the Roll. 5 Members Present: ChairRobert Murphy;Vice Chair James Daire; and Commissioner Chuck 6 Gitzen 7 8 Others Present: Alternate Variance Board Member Michael Boguszewski 9 Staff Present: CityPlanner Thomas Paschke,Community Development Director Paul 10 Bilotta, 11 3.ReviewofMinutes 12 MOTION 13 Member Gitzenmoved, seconded by MemberDaireto approve meeting minutes of 14 September 2,2015as presented. 15 Ayes:3 16 Nays:0 17 Motion carried. 18 4.Public Hearing 19 PLANNING FILE 15-020 20 Request by PPF RTL Rosedale Shopping Center (c/o Morgan Stanley Real Estate) on 21 behalf of Rojo Mexican Grill, Rosedale Mall, for a sign variance to Section 1010.03.C.4 to 22 allow a sign above the parapet wall at 17-5 Highway 36 23 Chair Murphy opened the Public Hearing for Planning File 15-020 at 5:37p.m. 24 City Planner Thomas Paschke briefly reviewed the applicant’s request to install a cantilevered 25 sign on the building façade of the existingtenant space, extending above the height of the 26 parapet and deemed prohibited by current Sign Code.Details of the proposal and written 27 narrative from the applicant, in addition to staff’s analysis of the request was outlined in the staff 28 report and related attachments dated October 7, 2015, with staff recommending support for 29 approvalof the variance requestas conditioned. 30 As requested for confirmation by Member Gitzen, Mr. Paschke advised that no public comment 31 had been received to-date since packet distribution. 32 In reviewing various photo displays, ChairMurphyquestioned the location of the sign and its 33 potential visibility betweenthe building façade and trees in front.In reviewing other signage on 34 site, ChairMurphy noted that her observed no other signs above the roof, and suggested that if 35 the sign were of a smaller dimension, it could fit without extending above the roof. 36 Mr. Paschkeagreed that a sign could be dimensioned accordingly, but was unsure if it would then 37 provide the owner and tenant with signage to meet their goal of visibility from various angles and 38 areas of the Rosedale Center site as well as off-site.Mr. Paschke noted that most other existing 39 signs on the building were located on parapets to facilitate viewing and tenant spaces are higher 40 than this space. 41 At the request of Chair Murphy, Mr. Paschke advised that no other options referenced in the 42 study had been provided to staff other than those included in tonight’s packet materials. 43