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this building. Based on the building façade along Rice Street, the 15% of signage allowed for Mama T’s Castle Tap would be 80.52 square feet. Gross Area Building Silhouette – 32’.6” x 15’x4” = 498.32 sq. ft. 23’3” x 1’ = 23.25 sq. ft. 15’.3” x 1’ = 15.25 sq. ft. Total Building Front = 536.82 square feet x 15% is 80.52 square feet of signage allowed The existing freestanding sign on the property consists of two cabinet signs that total 78.38 square feet of signage. This is not including the sign on the freestanding post which advertises “free popcorn”. Per the Property Owner this advertisement will be removed. Signart has applied for a sign permit that was approved by city staff on September 8th to upgrade the existing freestanding sign and remove the white background sign that did not comply. The upper cabinet will be a backlit panel sign that Mama T’s has proposed to reface with a new logo that has a blue background to comply with the City’s architectural guidelines. Then the lower cabinet currently has a manual reader board that Mama T’s will be replacing with a dynamic sign (i.e. electronic reader board). The Property Owner has requested to move forward with this permit prior to this variance request being reviewed in order to get the freestanding sign into compliance. The existing freestanding sign uses almost all of the signage allowed by code for this property. After allowing for the freestanding sign calculation it leaves this property only about two (2) square feet of signage before reaching the 15% maximum allowed by code. The variance request by Mama T’s is to allow for an additional 18 square feet of signage in excess of that allowed by code in order for the applicant to install a wall sign on the building facing Rice Street. The Property Owner has indicated that their business is primarily drive-by traffic and without this additional wall sign their visibility is greatly diminished. The applicant has indicated that the overall signage proposed is consistent with other business along Rice Street with a combination of both freestanding and wall signs. In the applicant’s narrative the comparison in signage allowance has been made for what would be allowed for the B-1 zoning to the B-3 zoning. Staff would like to clarify that if this business was located in the B-1 zoning district that they would not automatically be allowed 100 square feet of signage. Signage in this district is allocated based on lot frontage similar to the B-3 zoning district. However, there is no percentage of that building frontage used in the B-1 zoning district calculation. In the B-1 zoning district, the signage allowed is based on the lot frontage with a maximum up to 100 square feet of signage. In the case of this property, they would cap out at that maximum given they have 179 feet of frontage along Rice Street. In considering a variance request, the Commission shall determine a finding of fact that the proposed action will not: a. Impair an adequate supply of light and air to adjacent propert y. b. Unreasonably increase the congestion in the public street. c. Increase the danger of fire or endanger the public safety. d. Unreasonably diminish or impair established property values within the neighborhood, or in any way be contrary to the intent of this Ordinance. e. Violate the intent and purpose of the City Comprehensive Plan.