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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-8990 Staff AnalysisDECEMBER 15, 2014 ITEM NO.: 4 File No.: Z-8990 Owner: Greg Hatcher Applicant: Chris Samuel Address: 901 Main Street Description: Northeast corner of Main Street and E. 10th Street Zoned: UU Variance Requested: Variances are requested from the sign provisions of Section 36- 342.1 and 36-553 to allow a ground -mounted sign with reduced setback in the UU zoning district. Justification: The applicant's justification is presented in an attached letter. Present Use of Property: Limousine Business Proposed Use of Property: Limousine Business STAFF REPORT A. Public Works Issues: No Comments B. Staff Analysis: The UU zoned property at 901 Main Street is occupied by a one-story commercial building within the north half of the property. The property is located at the southeast corner of Main Street and E. 9th Street. The building is occupied by Twin City Limousine. There is a paved parking lot within the south portion of the property, extending to E. loth Street. Access drives are located along the Main Street and E. 10th Street frontages. The applicant recently constructed a six (6) foot high metal fence along the south, east and west boundaries of the existing parking lot. The fence includes seven (7) foot brick columns. As part of the fence project, an angled brick wall section was constructed at the southwest corner of the parking lot. The brick wall is approximately 5.75 feet high and 14 feet long (80 square feet), and contains a sign for " Twin City Limousine". The sign occupies approximately 30 square feet of the overall masonry structure. The ends of the masonry sign structure are located on the west and south property lines. DECEMBER 15, 2014 ITEM NO.: 4 (CON'T. Section 36-342.1(c)(11) of the City's Zoning Ordinance notes that ground -mounted signs are discouraged in the UU zoning district and may only be permitted as a variance by the Board of Adjustment. Section 36-553(b) requires that ground - mounted signs have a minimum setback of five (5) feet from property lines. Therefore, the applicant is requesting variances to allow the ground -mounted sign in the UU zoning district, with decreased setbacks from property lines. Staff is supportive of the requested variances to allow a ground -mounted sign with reduced setback on the UU zoned property at 901 Main Street. Staff views the request as reasonable. The proposed sign will not be out of character with other monument -style ground signs throughout the UU zoning district. Monument -style ground signs have recently been approved along W. 3rd Street and further south on Main Street. Staff feels that the proposed sign is relatively minor in size, and believes the sign will have no adverse impact on the adjacent properties or the general area. The Public Works Department has reviewed the proposed sign request and had no comments. Public Works will need to sign off on the sign permit prior to issuance. C. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of the requested sign variance, subject to Public Works signing -off on the required sign permit prior to it being issued. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT (December 15, 2014) The applicant was present. There were no objectors present. Staff presented the application with a recommendation of approval. There was no further discussion. The item was placed on the Consent Agenda for approval as recommended by staff. The vote was 5 ayes, 0 nays and 0 absent. The application was approved.