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To Honorable Mayor, Council Members, and Planning Commission: I am requesting a variance to the five-foot set back requirements of a pylon sign. I purchased the property at 2526 N. Rice Street approximately one year ago. The existing tenant A is ASAP Sign Shop which has been leasing rental space A for about 15 years. Rental space B has been leased to Pappa Murphy's Pizza. While working on a pylon sign it was discovered that the sign does not meet our five-foot set back requirement. Background on the existing pylon sign is that it was hit by a car that ran off of Rice Street approximately 7-10 years ago. The concrete base of about 3 ft x 4 ft was broken into pieces. The sign pylon was bent about 15 degrees to the North. The cabinet was bent and the faces were japed open, and the rain and elements basically have destroyed the inside lighting and wiring. I straightened the pylon and was in the process of repairing the concrete base. Instead of using a wooden form, pouring the concrete base and removing the wood form and leaving the concrete base as the outside finish, I decided to use brick for the concrete form to bring the look of the base more up to our architectural guidelines. When it was known that Che sign does not meet the five-foot set back requirement all repair was stopped. In trying to re-locate a new pylon sign which would meet our five-foot set back requirement, I discovered the sign was in a 35 foot Williams pipeline easement. I contacted Clair Madsen the Damage Prevention Maintenance Operator of Magellan Pipeline. I-Ie came out, located the pipelines and verbally stated that the pipelines were only about four feet deep and that they would not allow a foundation type structure to be located in their easement. He will put this down in a letter and forward it to me within a week. I believe this special condition particular to the land does not allow me to reasonably re-locate the pylon sign to meet out five-foot set back requirement. 'T'herefore, I am asking for a variance to our five-foot set back requirement. My proposal is to get the sign as close as possible to our architectural guidelines and city codes. • Re-configure the cabinet to meet our 16 foot high maximum height requirement • Remove existing light fixture on top of cabinet • Allow brick base to remain to comply with our architectural guidelines • Fill brick base half-way with concrete and remainder with black dirt and do planting for aesthetic value • Size of re-configured cabinet would be 9 ft x 7 ft • 4 ft x 9 ft would be for Pappa Murphy's Pizza and 3 ft x 9 ft would be for ASAP Signs This would put the sign cabinet approximately 7 inches off The Rice Street property line and approximately 3 feet off Demont property line.