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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. 5775 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 555, St. Louis Park, MN 55416 Telephone: 952.595.9636 5acsirnile: 952.595.9837 planners@nacplanning.corn MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: November 12, 2002 RE: Little Canada — Montreal Courts Sign Ordinance Amendment FILE NO: 758.09 - 02.37 Montreal Courts Apartments have requested an amendment to the City's sign regulations that would allow additional identification signs to be displayed for their complex. The current regulations for R -3 Districts limit the project to a single sign, but no standards for area or height are attached to the district. Informational signs are allowed, but are restricted to four square feet in area. Such signs usually identify parking lot entrances or provide other similar directional information. The applicant would like to be able to provide a new project identification sign for the complex, and a second sign identifying the leasing office. The principal project sign would be along Centerville road and is a monument sign. The message portion of the sign would be measured as approximately 34 square feet in area at most. It would be approximately six feet in height. The second sign would be located along LaBore Road, and is mounted on two poles. The message portion of the sign would be measured as approximately 15 square feet in area. This sign is also approximately six feet in height. The requests seem appropriate for the size of the complex, given that Montreal Courts is a multiple building facility with frontage on two primary streets. To accommodate this request, the City would need to adopt an amendment to the sign regulations that allows one sign per street frontage, and accommodates the area measurements proposed by the applicant. As noted above, in this case, the principal sign is proposed to be 34 square feet, and the secondary sign is proposed to be 15 square feet, with both signs being approximately six feet in height. An ordinance that would accommodate this request is attached to this memorandum. The Planning Commission should consider