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Memo to the Planning Commission Page 2 June 25, 1996 • one hundred twenty-eight (128) square feet per occupancy. Businesses shall be allowed at least thirty-two (32) square feet of wall signage regardless of building dimensions. No individual sign shall exceed sixty-four (64) square feet and no occupant shall have more than one wall sign on a building face." The applicant occupies an office with approximately 25 linear feet of frontage on Gates Avenue NW. Frontage is defined by the ordinance as "the length of an outside building wall facing the street or road on which it fronts." This building is located on the corner of Main Street and Gates Avenue. This property fronts on Gates Avenue, but it has a Main Street address. Therefore, the property has only 25 feet of frontage. However, the rear of the building is visible from Railroad Drive, and if you count frontage on both Gates Avenue and Railroad Drive, the applicant would have 50 linear feet of frontage. Based 50 feet of frontage, the applicant is allowed 50 square feet of combined sign area in this zoning district. The applicant is proposing 101.75 square feet in combined sign area. The request is for a 74.25 square foot sign over the front entrance and a 27.5 square foot sign over the rear entrance. • The applicant is requesting a 51.75 square foot variance to exceed the maximum square feet of combined sign area and a 10.25 square foot variance from the maximum of 64 square feet for an individual sign to allow for the 74.25 square foot sign over the front entrance. The proposed signs are lighted cabinet signs which are the approximate size of the existing signs, and they will conform with the signage on other Allina Medical Group facilities. If we assume that the property has 50 linear feet of frontage, the following signage would be allowed in other zoning districts: * If this building were located in a C-2 zoning district, the applicant would only be allowed one wall sign with a maximum sign area of 50 square feet. * In a C-3 zoning district, the applicant would be allowed 3 wall signs with a total sign area not to exceed 100 square feet. * If this office was located in Elk Park Center in a multi-tenant building, they would be allowed one sign on the front of the building. Elk Park Center requires that wall signs be individual letters, not cabinet style as proposed for North Suburban Orthopaedics. If this sign were proposed in Elk Park Center with individual letters, the one sign over the front entrance would be allowed, but the rear sign would be denied. • s:\planning\kendra\v96-05.doc