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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. .7kmr, h'1 nine vd Highway. suite 20:2, Gold on Icy, loIc >I.Ii 763.231, 15.75 Fac:simt,: 76_.23125 i p:Nnnr ;nixpl,i.r,in MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: February 8, 2005 RE: FILE NO: 3.c Little Canada — Market Square Town Offices — Comprehensive Sign Plan 758.09 - 05.05 Background and Analysis Mendota Homes is requesting approval of a Comprehensive Sign Plan for the Market Square Town Offices at Market Drive and Middle Street. This project is a 13 unit town office development. The applicants proposed three principal components of the Comprehensive Sign Plan: Monument -style tenant directory sign, located along Middle Street at the northernmost entrance drive. Tenant identification signs at each tenant entrance door. A separate State Farm Insurance sign on the north wall of the eastern building. The monument sign is an externally lit sign, mounted on a stone foundation and would be approximately 10 feet in height. The sign is constructed of bronze - colored aluminum. Individual tenant /owner signs would be dark letters on a white plastic background. Although not internally lit, the City has sought sign identification design that "reverses out" the name in light- colored lettering from a dark background. It is noted that the name of the building complex is proposed to be constructed in this manner. Because the sign is not internally lit, the proposed design meets the architectural guidelines, however, the "reversed -out" pattern would be preferred. The tenant /owner identification signs at each entrance door will be six square feet with light lettering on a dark brown aluminum background. These signs meet the City's sign and architectural guidelines.