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5.02: Public Hearing: Request for a Conditional Use Permit to Exceed Sign Size and <br />Height Restrictions at 8035 Riverdale Drive NW, Case of Ramsey -Arbor Properties, <br />LLC. <br />Public Hearing <br />Chairperson Levine called the public hearing to order at 7:23 p.m. <br />Presentation <br />Planning Intern Solomonson presented the staff report stating the City has received an <br />application from Ramsey -Arbor Properties, LLC requesting a conditional use permit (CUP) to <br />exceed sign size restrictions for their parcel located at 8035 Riverdale Drive NW. The subject <br />property is located directly adjacent to the Armstrong Boulevard Interchange project. The <br />applicant desires to construct a 225 square foot (450 square foot gross aggregate surface area) <br />sign to a height of seventy-five (75) feet without the required monument style base material. <br />Staff discussed the request in detail with the Commission and recommended approval of the <br />conditional use permit contingent upon incorporating a monument style base finish consistent <br />with the exterior finish of the principal building to a minimum height of six (6) feet. <br />Citizen Input <br />Commissioner Bauer questioned why staff was recommending a monument base on the sign. <br />Community Development Director Gladhill reported this recommendation was being made for <br />ground level aesthetics purposes. <br />Commissioner Brauer asked what the height of the overpass would be. <br />Community Development Director Gladhill discussed the height of the overpass in further detail <br />with the Commission. <br />Steve Young, 8035 Riverdale Drive NW, discussed the sign location further and explained he <br />was proposing to remove the existing 25 -foot sign and would be replacing it with a multi -use 75 - <br />foot sign with a monument style base. <br />Commissioner Bauer inquired if City Code had any limits as to how many uses could share the <br />sign. <br />Community Development Director Gladhill reported the City did not have any specific <br />requirements regarding the number of shared users on a sign. <br />Mr. Young anticipated that he would have three or four tenants on the sign. <br />Commissioner VanScoy asked if the applicant had a preference with regard to the sign base. <br />Planning Commission/November 12, 2015 <br />Page 4 of 9 <br />