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Commission Business I I I I I I I I I I Motion by Chairperson Nixt, seconded by Commissioner Reeve, to City Council approve the sketch plan for McDonald 2nd Addition contingent upon with City Staff Review Letter dated August 31, 2001. .~ ~ Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Reeve, scak, and Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Johnson and Sweet. HEARINGS/COMMISSION BUSINESS PUBLIC Case #2: Request for a Conditional Use Permit to;:~':ceed Square Footage and Sign Height Restrictions; Case of Bl~:~.Line Chairperson Nixt closed the regular portion of the Planning order to call the public hearing to order. g at 7:44 p.m. in Public Hearing Chairperson Nixt called the p.m. eresen tation "~'i:i/'~i i!?' Community Development Assistant Walci;;~ate&'~{¢the an application from Blue Line Collision Cenmr'fo~ a conditional use~!~i{:;io exceed si~ square footage and height restrictions for tlleik'bUiiding located at 6260':S~te Highway #10. In the commercial district, City Code restricts'WraI'i"'signs toga ~ize of 15% of ~'~ui}dhg front and a height not to exceed the tor~ of the building'?arapet. Blue:Line Collision C~i~ili~'~l-lowed 93 squarJ feet of wall signage four their 40':x i5.5 building. ~'~ Applicant is ~ing 133.5 square feet of wall signage; which results, ii~ 'ai. 40.5 square'f%t-,overage, i:::~7~'~'~ign is also proposing to exceed sign height restrictions bye:3: feet..-'~d:::i:ffcr~e:iia ~!~eight would provide screening around mechanical equipment locat~d'"onl 'ihe roof of th~"~lding. Blue Line Collision Center is proposing to ':!:.i'77~:~0~e an existing l:eg~l non-conforming billboard sign located on the roof of the building and ,: ¢i;::?'~:::~ii~'~ex/stk~g..wall signag~i:i.'.The':~pplicant would then like to install a sign in the form of an awning that i'Would exter~g :th~:i'q'~ngth of the building front and wrap around one side of the building, The City has, ~ri'the"'past, ~anted conditional use permits to allow for larger signs than allowed under:City Ordin/iri~es (Ampride, Burger King, River Bend Plaza, Ramsey Town Square and M & G L~ing Inc.). The subject property currently exceeds wall sign square footage restrictions by,.':hp~roximately 227 square feet and the property contains a legal non-conforming .billboard sibm.: !:'Recommending approval of the conditional use permit would provide a means to 'significantly reduce the amount of signage on the property and provide a more aesthetically Pi:easing appearance to a business with State Highway #10 frontage. Citizen Input I I I Planning Commission/September 10, 2001 Page 3 of 27 -239-