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Fine Associates/Investors Savings Bank, Case No. 1831 Page 3 We discussed the signage at length. You will notice that the signage is specifically itemized with a single pylon at the southwesterly corner of the site (near Snelling and County Road D). The sign will be setback the required 30 feet and will be approximately 70 square feet in area. Again, tkr,,o options are proposed, the significant difference apparently being the substitution of a brick column for the aluminum column indicated in Option One. Either design is in conformance with the zoning require ,ients for the 5-1B District. 9. Additional signs are located on the site, with four on the building and two directional signs at the driveway entrances. The directional driveway signs are within the prescribed 1-1/2 feet by 3 feet dimension and may be located within 1 foot of a right-of-way line, which would normally place the sign about 15 feet from the curb line. In this case, there is no right-of-way line since this is a private street. Thus, it would appear appropriate to have the sign placed approximately 10 to 15 feet from the curb. No dimension is specified on the plan though that may be agreed upon as a condition. 10. The property is zoned B-IB and as such, the building is allowed 100 square feet of signage for the frontage on Snelling Avenue (that being classified as an expressway in the signage code) and 70 square feet of signage for a local thoroughfare. The local thoroughfare has the least amount of sign area allocated to its frontage. If we construe; the private access drive on the east side of the building to be a local thoroughfare, there would be an additional 73 square feet allocated for this frontage. The ordinance also has a provision where if the buildings are setback a considerable distance from an expressway .or thoroughfare, the sign area may be increased 1/2 square foot for each foot the sign is setback in excess of 60 feet from the center of the thoroughfare. 11. The sign appears to be setback 54 feet from the Snelling Avenue right-of-way. The Snelling Avenue right-of-way width at this point is 200 feet. Therefore, we take 154 feet minus 60 feet which equals 94 feet. One-half foot for each foot of this distance equals 47 feet. Therefore, a total signage allowed for the west side of the building is 147 feet plus the 70 square feet for the east side equalling a total allocation for a wall sign of 217 Feet. It is normal to allow the distribution of this sign area around the building, but for the total not to exceed the sum of the allocation for each street frontage. You will note from examining the plan indicating the sign locations and sizes that there is a 60 foot sign on the east side, a 42 foot and a 68 foot sign on the south side, and a 49 square foot sign on the west side. These four signs total 219 square feet and are allowable as proposed (or within 2 feet thereof). 12. You will note, however, that two additional signs are proposed in the signage program. These are two signs on the north and south side of the canopy overhanging the drive-thru tellers. These signs are 26 feet-6 inches by 2 feet-6 inches which equals 66 square feet each (not 40 square feet as indicated on the sign schedule). The signage on a canopy as proposed is also a problem since there is no wall, therefore, it is not a wall sign. Signs on canopies are not allowed in thl: City of Roseville because roof signs are not allowed.