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REQUEST FOR ACTION <br />To Item Number <br />Ciry Council 5.6. <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br />Communi Develo ment une 16, 2008 erem Barnhart, Plannin Mana er <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Request by Scott Powell fox Ordinance Amendment Regarding <br />Menu Board Signs for Non-Restaurant Businesses, Public Reviewed by <br />Hearing -Case No. OA 08-05 <br />Action Requested <br />Scott Powell, owner of Elk River Ford, is requesting an ordinance amendment to allow menu boards fox <br />their car wash as a way to advise car wash options to clients. Car washes often use a sign similar to a <br />menu board. This request is in lieu of a variance. <br />Summary <br />The ordinance, (Sec. 30-1024-c-(2)-g) permits a menu board per drive-up or avalk-up lane of a drive in restaurant <br />up to a maximum of 32 square feet. [Emphasis added]. Because the business is not a restaurant, <br />technically, a menu board is not permitted. The applicant is requesting an ordinance amendment that <br />would permit a menu board: <br />g. One on-premise menu board per drive-up or walk-up lane of a drive-in restaurant or car <br />wash up to a maximum of 32 square feet each. Menu boards are allowed to have a message on <br />one side only and c-an-mav not contain an advertising message. <br />Planning Commission Discussion <br />The Planning Commission discussed the proposed text amendment at their meeting on June 10, 2008. <br />The Commission changed the language, restricting menu boards to restaurants or car washes, from the <br />originally proposed businesses. Staff supports the change. <br />Public Comment <br />Steve Rohlf, Elk River Ford, described the need for the signage. There is no minimum setback for menu <br />boards. <br />Attachments <br />• Staff Report to Planning Commission dated June 10, 2008 <br />ACtlon Motion by Second by Vote <br />Follow Up <br />S:\PLANNING MAIN\Case Files\OA\OA 08-OS Scott Powell\City Council staff report 6-16-08.doc <br />