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<br /> <br />City of Elk River <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date <br />Plannin A ril 17, 2006 <br />Item Description <br />Request by Elk River Ford for Variance Relating to <br />Si a e, Public Hearin - Case No. V 06-03 <br /> <br />Item Number <br />6.7. <br />Prepared by <br />Scott Harlicker, Senior Planner <br />Reviewed by <br />Scott Clark, Community Development <br />Director <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />The applicant is requesting a variance to the sign ordinance to allow 3 freestanding signs along <br />Highway 10. <br /> <br />Existing Signs <br /> <br />. Ford sign <br />. Ford Truck sign <br /> <br />. Chrysler sign <br /> <br />200 sq. ft. <br />50 sq. ft. <br />200 sq. ft. <br /> <br />Proposed Signs <br /> <br />. Ford sign <br />. Chrysler sign <br /> <br />. Message sign <br /> <br />200 sq. ft. <br />200 sq. ft. <br />200 sq. ft. <br /> <br />Proposed Changes <br /> <br />. relocating the Ford sign <br />. removing the Ford truck sign <br />. relocating the Chrysler sign <br />. proposing a new freestanding changeable message sign <br />. The total square footage of signage along Highway 10 will increase from 450 sq. ft. to 600 <br />sq. ft. <br />The existing signs will lose their non-conforming status because they are being relocated or replaced. <br />Section 30-854(b) states that a legal non-conforming sign may lose it status if the sign is relocated, <br />replaced or altered, other than for change of copy or normal maintenance. <br /> <br />Variances are required to move the Ford sign and to construct the new readerboard/ changeable <br />copy style pylon sign. <br /> <br />S:\pLANNING\Case Files\2006\ Variance\ v 06-02 E R Ford\RCAV06-02CC4-17.doc <br />