10-08-2015 Planning Comm. Agenda

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Q. FIW $';T Ad S. S,Q„: tQ, P9.,N,Spl::14,T 4800 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 Telephone: 763.231 .2555 Facsimile: 763.231 .2561 planners c©nacplanning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman / Ryan Grittman DATE: October 2, 2015 RE: Little Canada — Planned Parenthood — Architectural Sign Review FILE NO: 758.09 — 15.16 BACKGROUND Kurt Kaiser has applied for an architectural sign review for the Little Canada Planned Parenthood building located at 2250 Rice Street. The applicant is seeking a change to the sign layout that was originally approved. The property is located in the B-3 General Business District, and is subject to the City's Architectural Guidelines for signs. The original sign plan included one monument sign and wall signs on two different sides of the building. The applicant is now seeking to change the monument sign to a directional sign and build a new freestanding sign near Trunk Highway 36 to create better visibility. ANALYSIS Signage. The submitted plans show wall signage on the south and west sides of the building. According to the Architectural Guidelines, buildings having frontage of 50 feet or more shall have a sign area not exceeding 1 1/2 square feet per lineal foot of building frontage or 125 feet, whichever is less. The front of the proposed building is 110 feet in length, in which case the building is allowed up to 165 square feet of sign area. The two wall signs would comprise approximately 102 square feet of area, meeting this requirement. By code the applicant is allowed two wall signs, one for each wall along a street. A pylon sign at the southeast section of the property is proposed. By code the subject site is allowed one freestanding sign. The proposed sign will be 18 feet in height with a 12 foot by 5 foot illuminated sign area at the top. The sign appears to meet the 5 foot 1