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PLANNING REPORT DATE: 7 October 1987 CASE NUMBER: 1796 APPLICANT• Housing Alliance LOCATION• South of County Road B, Easterly of Dale Street (see sketch) ACTION REQUESTED: Variance to Sign Setback PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS: 1. As you will recall, the Villa Park senior citizens development is south of County Road B and immediately east of the park area, a portion of which was dedicated by this developer. The project originally consisting of . 100 units and constructed in two stages now consists of 97 units, since 3 of the units have been combined to produce larger luxury apartments. 2. The development has 400 feet of frontage on County Road B and 300 feet of frontage mainly to the west dedicated for park purposes to the City of Roseville. 3. The applicant now proposes to construct a ground sign to identify the development off of County Road B. Attached are copies of three drawings illustrating the location, front and side elevations, and a section of land indicating the location as it relates to the grades and setback from the public right-of-way. You will note that the grade drops rapidly from the sidewalk on the south side of County Road B. For this reason, they propose to place the ground sign (sometimes referred to as a monument sign) to within 10 feet of the public right-of-way versus the required 30 feet. You will note that the sign is quite low and relatively small. The height to the tip is 4 feet 6 inches and the length of the sign is 8 feet. There is an additional 16 feet of brick work upon which the sign is mounted. 4. It appears that the problem of the grade could be corrected if the sign was constructed substantially higher. However, it would appear that the sign would likely have more aesthetic appeal being kept lower to the ground as proposed and at a reduced setback. In the past it has been the City's policy to allow such a ground sign to be closer to the public right-of-way even though there may be no grade problem. If the ground sign is in lieu of a pylon sign, the ground sign concept produces a better visual affect. It would appear that in view of the grades and the scale of the sign, this would be an appropriate solution. 5. The request is for approval to a variance to the required setback reducing the setback from 30 feet to 10 feet. 6. The Engineering Staff informed us that an easement for sidewalk and road purposes along this frontage is yet to be completed. This was a part of the original approval of the project. The papers have been prepared and may well have been signed by the time of the Planning Commission hearing. If not, this could be discussed with the applicant. at the hearing.