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Community Development Assistant Wald stated that the City received an application from Crosstown Sign for a conditional use permit to exceed wall sign square footage restrictions for the Ramsey business Valvoline Express Care, located at 6745 State Highway #10. In the commercial district, City Code restricts wall signs to a size of 15% of the building front. Valvoline Express Care's building front is 435 square feet in size and therefore allowed 65- square feet of wall signage. Valvoline Express Care would like to install an awning on the subject building that would extend across the front of the building and wrap around to a portion of the east and west sides of the building. The entirety of the awning would consist of business and service advertising with a color logo. The awning is 315 square feet in size; this interprets to a 250 square foot overage in wall signs. The applicant will be removing all existing wall signs from the building. The City has in the past, granted conditional use permits to allow for larger signs than permitted under City Ordinances (Ampride, Burger King, River Bend Plaza, Kamsey Town Square, M & G Leasing:~c. and Blue Line Collision). The Planning Commission met on ,~,~!!~' !¢ ~ ....... December 4, 2001 to hol~;a)p~}lc heanng and rewewed the conditional' use penmt request. There was no verbal %.~tten coments submitted at the pubhc heanng regarding the request to exceed sign size resfiSetmns, uent to the Planmng Commission meeting Mr. Deal, the property owner, pr0~i~led staff information regarding the dimensions of the building front. The 122 square feet of signage. The 193 square foot overage The Planning Commission further information from Mr. restrictions by 193 square feet. is 814 square feet; therefore they are allowed a,,vmng is 315 square feet in size; this would result in a of the above mentioned 250 square foot overage. val of a 250 square foot wall sign overage. Upon Care is requesting to exceed wall sign The Council discussed at length the Councilmember Zimmerman questioned City Code since they are receiving numerous requests for sign overage. ~i~" Commumty Development Assistant Wald rephed that staff 1 lym the process of revieWing Zoning Code, which includes sign square footage re Motion by Councilmember Kurak, seconded by Mayor G~ec, to adopt Findings of Fact # relating to Crosstown Sign and Valvoline Express Care's request for a conditional use permit to exceed wall sign restrictions. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Kurak, and Anderson. Voting No: Councilmembers Hendriksen, and Zimmerman. Motion by Mayor Gamec, seconded by Councilmember Kurak, to adopt Resolution # 01-12- ~ approving Crosstown Sign and Valvoline Express Care's request to exceed wall sign square footage restrictions based on the findings of fact # ~ and adopting a'resolution declaring terms of the conditional use permit. City Council/December 18, 2001 Page 7 of 28 -81-