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REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT; CASE OF RAMSEY -ARBOR PROPERTIES By: Tim Gladhill, Management Intern Background: Ramsey -Arbor Properties has applied for a Conditional Use Permit for an overage of signs for a proposed multi- tenant office facility in the Alpaca Estates Addition. City Code restricts free standing or ground signs to one per parcel. The applicant proposes to have two (2) signs on one (1) lot. One (1) sign is proposed to be located along Highway 10, with the other proposed to be located on Riverdale Drive. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) Site location map b) Sign elevations c) Site Layout d) Proposed Findings of Fact e) Proposed Conditional Use Permit Notification: The Planning Commission held a Public Hearing on April 3, 2008. Staff attempted to notify property owners within 350 feet of the subject property of the Public Hearing. Observations: Ramsey -Arbor Properties has applied for a Conditional Use Permit to construct two (2) permanent signs on the property at Lot 1, Block 1, Alpaca Estates, generally located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Armstrong Blvd. and Riverdale Drive, just south of Highway 10, with frontages on Highway 10, Armstrong Blvd. and Riverdale Dr. The applicant has also applied for Site Plan review for to construct a multi- tenant office facility, including a bank with drive -thru. The proposed permanent signs would be for the proposed multi -tenant office facility. The elevations of the signs submitted as part of the CUP application indicate that both signs are proposed to be 100 square feet. However, the Site Plan indicates that the sign on Riverdale Drive is proposed to be approximately eight feet tall and approximately 25 square feet in size. It is staff's opinion that the size of the proposed sign on Riverdale Drive as indicated on the Site Plan is acceptable. Recommendation: The Planning Commission met on April 3, 2008 and recommended approval of the Conditional Use Permit contingent upon reducing the size of the sign on Riverdale Drive from 100 square feet to 50 square feet. Since it has been discovered that the Site Plan already indicates a reduction, staff recommends that the Conditional Use Permit be approved contingent upon compliance with the Site Plan indicating that the sign proposed on Riverdale Drive will be less than 50% of the size of the sign on Highway 10.