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Request for Action <br />To <br />Item Number <br />Mayor and City Council <br />7.3 <br />Agenda Section <br />Meeting Date <br />Prepared by <br />Public Hearin s <br />December 19, 2016 <br />Chris Leeseber , Senior Planner <br />Item Description <br />Reviewed by <br />Michael Persons/Spikes Lawn & Garden — 906 <br />Zack Carlton, Planning Manager <br />U.S. Highway 10 <br />Reviewed by <br />■ Conditional Use Permit for two Changeable <br />Cal Portner, City Administrator <br />Copy Signs, Michael Persons/Spikes Lawn <br />& Garden — 906 U.S. Highway 10 <br />Action Requested <br />Approve, by motion, the Conditional Use Permit (CUP) with the following conditions: <br />1. The authorized use shall not begin until the CUP is recorded. <br />2. If the proposed work described in the application and CUP has not been substantially completed <br />within two years after the CUP's date of issuance, the permit shall expire and become void. <br />3. If the authorized use ceases for more than six months, the CUP shall expire. <br />4. The applicant must apply for and receive approval for all required permits before any <br />construction may begin. <br />5. The signs shall be compliant with the standards set forth in Sec. 30-864 (e). <br />Background/Discussion <br />Case No. CU 16-33 <br />The property is zoned Highway Commercial (C3) where changeable copy signs larger than 30 -square feet <br />require a CUP. The zoning districts near the subject site can be seen on the Area Zoning exhibit. <br />The applicant is seeking a CUP to install two 55.5 square foot changeable copy sings. One sign will be <br />placed on the east elevation and one on the west elevation of the building. The signs will be <br />approximately 25 feet above Highway 10. <br />The C3 district allows 15% of the facade are to be covered with wall signage. The propose signage meets <br />this requirement. <br />Analysis <br />Comprehensive Plan <br />Mississippi Connections represents the historical core of the city and corresponds to a redevelopment <br />framework adopted by the City Council in November of 2012. This redevelopment framework <br />established specific goals to strengthen the study area, which was broken up into five neighborhoods. <br />These neighborhoods include the older residential and downtown commercial neighborhoods which are <br />facing changes in the form of access and visibility, shopping habits, and housing desires. The Mississippi <br />Connections Plan attempts to identify key strategic objects to reinvent the area as a destination for a <br />variety of uses and activities. <br />AR <br />