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<br />RESOLUTION #08-09-_ <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINDINGS OF FACT #_ RELATING TO A REQUEST <br />FROM PSD, LLC, FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO EXCE~D SIGN SIZE <br />RESTRICTIONS FOR THE RAMSEY OFFICE PLAZA AT 7533 SUNWOOD DRIVE N.W. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey received an application from PSD, LLC for a conditional use <br />permit to exceed the 'sign size restrictions on the property generally known as 7533 Sunwood Drive <br />N.W. and legally described as follows: <br /> <br />Lot 1, Block 1, Ramsey Town Center 11th Addition, Anoka County, Minnesota <br /> <br />("Subject Property") <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY TillS CITY.COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />RAMSEY; ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: <br /> <br />1. That in 2006, the City issued a Sign Permit to PSD, LLC for two (2) wall signs at two hundred <br />fourteen (214) square feet each; both signs were placed at the top of the 3rd story of the building; one <br />facing north (street frontage) and one facing south (parking iot frontage); the signs exceeded what is <br />permitted in the Town Center Sign regulations; Staff utilized the flexibility in 9.20.25 (Town <br />Center), Subd. 11 (Relationship To Other City Code Sections) to default to 9.I2.0R (Signs - Business <br />Type Districts), Subd.I.a (Business Use Signs) and determine that the two (2) signs at the top of the <br />3rd story qualified as Business Identification, the total. area of which did not exceed the allotted 15% <br />. of the front fayade building area. <br /> <br />. 2. That in 2008, in accordance with Town Center sign regulations that allow for two (2) awning signs <br />per business on the ground floor of a building, the City issued a Sign Permit toPSD, LLC for one (1) <br />"24 square foot awning sign on the east wall to identify the entrance to Fountains of Ramsey, one <br />occupant of the ground floor of the building. . <br /> <br />. 3. That Town Center Sign regulations restrict wall signs to one (1) per street frontage at 5% of the area <br />of the ground level building fayadeor 24 square feet, whichever is less, with letter sizing restricted to <br />12 inches or les~ in height. . <br /> <br />4. That PSD, LLC, is proposing to install two (2) wall signs identifying "Fountains Of Ramsey" on the <br />north wall (street frontage) and on the south wall (parking lot frontage) of the Ramsey Office Plaza <br />on the Subject Property; and that each wall sign is proposed to be channel letters, a maximum of 18 <br />inches in height, that will occupy a wall space of30square feet. <br /> <br />5. That Town Center sign regulations allow for one (1) directory sign at each entrance and thesize is <br />restricted to 4 square feet with letters not to exceed 4 inches in height. <br /> <br />6. That PSD, LLC is proposing to install one (1) directory sign at the Sunwood Drive pedestrian <br />entrance that measures 24 square feet in size, with letter heights ranging from 2.75 to 4.5 inches; <br /> <br />36 <br />