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conditions considered reasonable and/or necessary for the protection of the public health, 34 safety, and general welfare. 35 An applicant seeking approval of an is required to hold an open house meeting 36 INTERIM USE to inform the surrounding property owners and other interested individuals of the proposal, to 37 answer questions, and to solicit feedback. The open house for this application was to be held 38 on October 2, 2014; the brief summary of the open house meeting will be provided at the 39 Commission meeting, due to report being printed prior to open house meeting. 40 The sign design and site placement plan are included with this report as Attachment C; 41 Section 1009.03D of the City Code specifies that three specific findings must be made in 42 order to approve a proposed : 43 INTERIM USE a. The proposed use will not impose additional costs on the public if it is necessary for the 44 public to take the property in the future. This is generally intended to ensure that 45 particular interim use will not make the site costly to clean up if the City were to acquire 46 the property for some purpose in the future. In this case, the proposed signs would not 47 cause such impacts and could easily be removed from the premises, so Planning Division 48 staff believes that the would not have significant negative impact on the 49 INTERIM USE land. 50 b. The proposed use will not create an excessive burden on parks, streets, and other public 51 facilities. Given the requested is for the placement of signs on a yet-to-be- 52 INTERIM USE developed property, it is determined by the Planning Division that the would 53 INTERIM USE not constitute an excessive burden on streets, parks, or other facilities. 54 c. The proposed use will not be injurious to the surrounding neighborhood or otherwise 55 harm the public health, safety, and general welfare. Given the setback distance from 56 property line, the Planning Division concludes that safety for vehicles traveling along 57 Perimeter Drive would not be compromised and that any unsightliness of the signs over 58 time can be addressed either by City removal or property owner upgrade of the signs. 59 Planning Division staff, therefore believes that the proposed installation of two 60 construction signs on the premises would not be injurious to the surrounding 61 neighborhood or otherwise harm the public health, safety, and general welfare. The 62 proposed signs will also be beneficial because they will advertise the ownership of the 63 vacant lot eliminating site maintenance issues and potentially reducing the risk of illegal 64 dumping. 65 In any case, if an approved fails to conform to any of these requirements or 66 INTERIM USE conditions of the approval and such problems are not or cannot be reasonably resolved, the 67 City may initiate a public hearing process to revoke the approval. 68 The Development Review Committee (DRC) reviewed this application at its September 18, 69 2014, meeting and no concerns were raised regarding the signs or location of placement. 70 PC UBLICOMMENT 71 At the time this report was prepared, Planning Division staff had not received any 72 communications from the public about the request. 73 INTERIM USE PF14-020_RPCA_100814 Page 3 of 4