Agenda - Council - 09/23/2008 - Laserfiche WebLink

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The Applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to insta112 more wall signs on the north and south ground level to identify Fountains of Ramsey from Sunwood Drive and the parking lot. The signs consist of channel letters that would not exceed 18 inches in height, and the wall space occupied for each sign would be 30 square feet. Town Center sign regulations restrict directory signs to 4 square feet (e.g., 2' x 2'), with letter heights restricted to no more than 4 inches. The Applicant is proposing a 24 square foot directory sign at the building entrance on Sunwood Drive; with letter sizes ranging from 2.75 to 4.5 inches in height. The building footprint is 1.7,000+ square feet and has a total 3-story area of 54,000 square feet. As mentioned earlier, the Town Center sign regulations are very restrictive. The core Town Center development guidelines also require buildings to be 2 stories or more in height. There are going to be situations where the sign allotment is not proportionate to the building mass. The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on September 4, 2008, regarding the request for additional signage. There were no verbal or written comments submitted to the Commission. Funding: All costs associated with processing the conditional use permit request are the responsibility of the Applicant. Recommendation: The Planning Commission .and City Staff recommend approval of the request to exceed the sign size restrictions. Council Action: Motion to recommend that the City Council adopt Resolution #08-09-_ adopting Findings of Fact #0 relating to PSD, LLC's request for a conditional use permit to exceed sign size restrictions at 7533 Sunwood Drive N.W. -and- Motion to adopt Resolution #08-09-_ approving PSD, LLC's request to exceed sign size restrictions at 7533 Sunwood Drive N.W., based. on the Findings of Fact, and declaring terms of conditional use permit. -or- Motion to deny PSD, LLC's request to exceed sign size restrictions as proposed, based on the findings of fact. CC: 09/23/08 ~~ -10-