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I I I I I I I I I I I I ,! I CASE # 7 REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERx¥IIT TO EXCEED SIGN SIZE AND HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS; CASE OF W.L. JOI-hNSON~MSEY TOWNE SQUARE By: Anita Rasmussen, City Planner Background: On April 15, 2000, the City received an application from North Lake Properties (W.L. Johnson) to exceed the sign size and height restrictions for the proposed Ramsey Towne Square commercial building in the B~I Business District on Highway #47. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) Site location map b) Sign plan c) Planning Commission Meeting Minutes Dated May 2, 2000 d) Proposed findings of fact e) Proposed conditional use permit Notification: State statute requires notification of the public hearing to property owners within 350 feet of the subject property. Staff attempted to notify property owners with_in 500 feet of the subject property. Observations: In the commercial and industrial districts, the City Code restricts the ground or freestanding sign size to 100 square feet (200 square feet aggregate surface area). Sign heights are restricted to 25 feet from grade to top of sign. W.L. Johnson is proposing a freestanding sign that includes a 210 square foot sign and a 40 square foot reader board, for a total of 250 square feet. The sign heigkt is proposed to be 30 feet. The applicant is proposing a 17,000 square foot multi-tenant commercial building with a minimum of nine tenants, one that may be a potential franchise business. Tb.e applicant states the need for a sign that exceeds the sign size restrictions is to provide adequate signage for the multi-tenants. In a similar case, the Ampride station at Sunfish Lake Blvd. and Hwy. #10 had a 104 square foot business identification or logo sign. They requested a conditional use permit to add a 21 square foot reader board to the pylon. The Planning Commission and City Council granted them a 25 square foot overage in the sign size restrictions to facilitate the addition of the reader board to their pylon sign. The Planning Commission and City Council also granted Burger King a similar conditional use permit to construct a franchise sign along Highway 10. P,.iver Bend Plaza received a permit for a 300 square foot sign to facilitate their tenants. The Planrfing Commission held a public hearing on May 2, 2000. No written or verbal comments were received. Recommendation: -211-