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' NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. 4800 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 Telephone: 783.231.2555 Facsimile: 763.231.2561 planners@nacpla nning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: August 6, 2009 RE: Little Canada -Valvoline Instant Oil Change Sign Plan CUP FILE NO: 758.09 - 09.19 Background and Analysis Valvoline Instant Oil Change is seeking a Comprehensive Sign Plan approval for their facility along Rice Street, part of the shopping center complex where the new CVS Pharmacy is being constructed. The Valvoline building is a part of a PUD granted to the Rice at C Center in the 1990s. An amendment to that PUD was recently approved permitting the CVS building to replace the southern strip center building, along with a subdivision creating new lot lines, and a revised circulation plan for the property. As a part of that PUD amendment, CVS is rebuilding the freestanding signs identifying the CVS and other shopping center tenants. The new freestanding signs include a stone base design. The City asked the CVS developer to seek a cooperation from Valvoline to upgrade its freestanding sign in a way that would coordinate with the new shopping center signage. The current application for revised signage was generated by Valvoline's corporate efforts to upgrade the signage at this facility, not by the CVS project. The current Valvoline building has only a freestanding sign identifying the use -there is no wall signage at the present time. The new sign plan consists of logo and text signage on the west and south building walls, and an upgrade to the freestanding sign. signage in the B-3 District is allowed to be a total of 15% of the building silhouette area, of which a specific amount may be placed on a freestanding sign. For the building in question, the total silhouette area of the facade is approximately 570 square feet (15 feet tall by 38 feet wide). This would yield a maximum amount of potential sign area of 86 square feet.