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Request for Action <br />To Item Number <br />Ma Tor and CinT Council 7.1 <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br />Public Hearings JanuaryT 16, 2024 Zack Carlton, Community Development Director <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Conditional Use Permit: Planned Unit Development Chris Leeseber , Senior Planner <br />Amendment for McDonald's Signage in Barrington Reviewed by <br />Place Cal Pormer, Ci r Administrator <br />Action Requested <br />Approve, byT motion, a Conditional Use Permit amending the Planned <br />Unit Development Agreement for Barrington Place and allo`ving <br />freestanding signs up to 35-feet tall. <br />Background/Discussion <br />The propertyr is zoned Planned Unit Development (PUD) where <br />deviations from the size regulations (variance) require a Conditional <br />Use PeYmit (CUP) to amend the PUD agYeement The applicant has <br />Yequested an incYease to the height of the McDonalds fYeestanding sign <br />to 61 feet tall. The change is due to the recent access and visibilityr <br />changes resulting from the Highway 169 project. <br />Planning Commission <br />The Planning Commission discussed the Yequest during two sepaYate <br />meetings. The public hearing was held on NovembeY 28, 2023, wheYe <br />theyT continued their discussion to a later date and requested additional <br />research regarding recommendations for sign height based on the <br />speed of the adjacent Yoadway. Staff provided the commission with a <br />table from the Transportation Research Board which recommended a <br />sign height of 40-feet Staff recommended measuring the sign height <br />from the elevation of the mainline of the adjacent highway rather than <br />sign base. <br />, . <br />� , t � <br />� CR 33 <br />�. <br />�-?� � <br />3 <br />x <br />J <br />RR — <br />• <br />Hwy io <br />CR 12 <br />°. \ <br />�P <br />tik� <br />�O <br />�, <br />6y <br />� <br />Figure I <br />This recommendation was reviewed during their December 19, 2023, meeting. The Commission felt the <br />Yecommendation of 40-feet was too high as the segment of Highway 169 neaY the subject sign had seen little <br />change to elevation or visibilityT because of the highway project The Commission, by a vote of 3-2, supported an <br />incYease in height fYom the current 30-foot limit to 35-feet. <br />Public Hearing <br />The applicant spoke during the public hearing on November 28, 2023, and requested, based on staff's <br />Yecommendation of 40-feet tall, approval of a sign height limit of 45-feet He noted that theYe is a fence along the <br />The Elk River Vision <br />A 2a�elcolning co�nlnunity 2a�ith T evolutiona� y and spizzted T esou� cefulness, exceptional <br />se�vice, and coln�nunity engagelnent that encou�ages and ins�iz•es pTo�pe�zty. <br />rowEREo ar <br />�I'1 ���� <br />Update�l• January 2023 <br />