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NORTHWEST ASSOCIATED CONSULTANTS, INC. 4800 Olson Memorial Highway, Suite 202, Golden Valley, MN 55422 Telephone: 763.231 .2555 Facsimile: 763.231 .2561 planners@nacplanning.com MEMORANDUM TO: Little Canada Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: December 30, 2014 RE: Little Canada — Saxon Lanes PUD/Architectural Review for Signs FILE NO: 758.09 — Background and Analysis Saxon Lanes, at 61 West Little Canada Road, is seeking a PUD Permit and Architectural Review to paint a series of sign and graphics messages on the exterior of its building. A total of 3 signs are proposed. These are as follows: • "BOWL", painted on the south (Little Canada Road) side of the building. • "BOWL", painted on the north side of the building. • "BOWL", painted on the west wall, near the entrance (in place of "Lanes"). The property has frontages on two streets (Little Canada Road on the south and Market Place Drive on the east. The building silhouette for these two frontages appears to total approximately 5,300 square feet, yielding a total allowable sign area of 795 square feet. In the Planned Unit Development district in which this property lies, the approval of a Comprehensive Sign Plan is required, illustrating all proposed signage. The aggregate sign area must be equal to the allowances of the signage allowed in other business districts. The proposed signs in the application are not scaled. However, estimating the scale from the photographs shows that the signs to be located on the south and north walls would be approximately 600 square feet each, or more. To approve the PUD plan according to the ordinance standards, the signs would need to be reduced to about 350 square feet each, so that together with the entrance sign, the total sign areas are less than 795 square feet.