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1• PLANNING REPORT 0 DATE: CASE NUMBER: 6 February 1985 1571-85 APPLICANT: LOCATION: Willmus Companies Southwest corner of Hamline Avenue and Centennial Drive ACTION REQUESTED: Variance to Sign Setback PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS: 1• As you know, the Hamline Office Building was completed this last year, and was a subject of a variance request relating to its front yard setback P frontage on Hamline Avenue. An additional ten feet of right -of - dedicated by the applicant on Hamline Avenue and the bui way was mistakenly placed 30 feet from the old right-of-wayline, lding was Placing it within 20 feet of the new right-of-wayline. e, therefore approved, along with an allowance for placing he sidewalk approximately was proxi a five feet within the right-of-way. PP mately 2. The Willmus Companies are now asking for a variance for low ground sign to be within ten feet of the new right-of-way placement of a sign located is illustrated on a site plan submitted b attached to this report. line. This y the applicant and 3• The property is zoned Sho foot pping Center District which allows a 100 square pylon sign within 30 feet of the Public right-of-way. Obviously, With the building already placed 20 feet from the right-of-way, relatively impractical. The Shopping Center District also a110W8 for the placement of u area for sho P to three pylon signs 200 square feet in pping center purposes. The office building is obviously not a shopping center, but the site as a whole could have far m is proposed, ore aignage than The sign proposed will be 30 square feet in area to be from the property line and will be 4. from ten feet south edge of the sign and approximately feet high off the ground at the ly three feet off the ground (to the top) at the north edge. Being only30 Aasauming a 100 square foot Percent of the allowable aignage feet allowed, the sign will belrelatively and lincons f cut high versus the 25 sign as proposed is intended not to obliterate the east•el vatic sl buildin y, the g, which we believe most would construe to be a relative °handsome structure. handsome 4• The City in the past has fre �.�. closer to quent. allowed such low ground signs to be the right-of-way than a taller the Ordinance. The sign as proposed could be Pylon sign allowed b it be constructed to be in lieu of the 100+;Pproved with the condition that sign allowed. This condition would square foot, 25 foot high pylon applying for a second pylon sign on the proPrevent some future owner from corner lot, could in fact have such a second Pertysign.pl placed on the noThe ppertrthe a frontage. rly