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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. <br />4800 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 <br />Telephone: 763.231.2555 Facsimile: 763.231.2561 planners @nacplanning.com <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Little Canada Planning Commission <br />FROM: Stephen Grittman <br />DATE: February 3, 2006 <br />RE: Little Canada — Little Canada Mall Comprehensive Sign Plan <br />FILE NO: 758.09 - 06.05 <br />Background and Analysis <br />The Little Canada Mall at 78 -82 Minnesota Avenue is seeking approval of a <br />Comprehensive Sign Plan for signage at the center. The mall had not previously <br />received a Comprehensive Sign Plan approval, but a change from the former Mautz <br />Paint to Sherwin Williams has necessitated the approval. <br />Comprehensive Sign Plan approvals are required for multiple tenant commercial <br />buildings. For most situations, the Sign Ordinance limits commercial buildings to one or <br />two wall signs per building. However, this limitation does not permit multiple tenant <br />building to provide adequate communication for commercial tenants in the building. As <br />such, the ordinance establishes this process to allow for a greater number of signs, <br />while requiring City review to ensure that the overall signage is consistent with the City's <br />goals and regulations. <br />Signs are allowed up to a maximum of 15% of the "silhouette" of the front building <br />facade. For this parcel, the silhouette is 6,000 square feet in area (300 feet long by 20 <br />feet in height). At 15 %, the maximum total signage is allowed to be 900 square feet, <br />apportioned between tenant wall signs and the building freestanding signs. Based on <br />the original layout of this parcel, the property was granted two freestanding signs — one <br />on Minnesota Avenue and one along Highway 36 (Viking Drive). The existing signs <br />and sizes are as follows: <br />