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Background/Discussion Case No. P 16-06 & CU 16-16 The property is zoned Highway Commercial (C-3) where advertising signs are permitted as a principal use. The property is currently an oudot and before a building permit may be granted for the site, the property must be platted. The applicant is proposing to remove the existing 12 x 25 foot billboard as it is nearing its useful life expectancy. The sign will be replaced with a digital changeable copy billboard that is 10 x 36 feet and 35 - feet tall when measured at the road grade. To complete the sign relocation the applicant received a variance (V 16-04) to place the sign within the wetland buffer setback area, a preliminary and final plat to receive a building permit, and a CUP to create a digital changeable copy sign that is larger than 30 square feet. The new location meets all setback and spacing requirements for signs, except for the wetland buffer setback. Analysis Comprehensive Plan The property is located within the Highway Business district which guides the property for commercial uses. This area guides development towards regional market orientations and notes that business should be regional in nature as well. The proposed use will promote regional businesses, many of which may be outside of the City of Elk River. The proposed use is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. Transportation/ Circulation Construction access for the sign will be from the north side of the property. Staff has requested that access from the south, along the berm, be minimized to reduce impacts to the existing vegetation in the area. There is an access road along the south and west sides of the lot to be platted, which provides adequate access for construction activities. Future maintenance access will be required to follow the same route. Right -of -Way Dedication Since the Planning Commission review staff has identified a need to acquire right-of-way (ROW) along the south and west boundaries of Lot 1, Block 1. The ROW will provide the land needed for a future extension of Business Center Drive west of the intersection with Waco Street. The planned roadway extension will connect with Service Drive NW in Big Lake Township where ROW has already been dedicated for the connection. The Heritage Maples Senior Living plat, northwest of the current site, also dedicates ROW along Hwy 10 and includes construction of a segment of the planned frontage road. Requiring dedication of ROW for public streets is permitted via MN Statute 462.358. Grading/ Drainage Impervious surface on the site is not proposed to change and is not subject to our updated stormwater ordinances. No grading has been proposed.