HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-027A RESOLUTIONAPPROVING A VARIANCETOALLOWA THRID lVALLSIGNATTHE
PROPERTYLOCATED AT
8980 HUDSON ILLVD,
WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo is a municipal corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, PDG, PA Jan Tiffany, 2200 County Road C-West, Roseville N4N 55113
(Applicant), has submitted an application to the City of Lake Elmo (the "City") for variance to
allow the addition of a third wall sign for a inultitenant building, which would exceed the number of allowed
signs for the building.
WHEREAS, notice has been published, mailed and posted pursuant to the Lake Elmo
Zoning Ordinance, Section 154.109; and
WHEREAS, the Lake Elmo Planning Commission held a public hearing on said matter
on March 12, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the Lake Elmo Planning Commission has submitted its report and
recommendation to the City Council as part of a Staff Memorandum dated March 12, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered said matter at its March 12, 2018 meeting.
NOW, THEREFORE, based on the testimony elicited and information received, the
City Council makes the following:
1) That the procedures for obtaining said Variance are found in the Lake Elmo
Zoning Ordinance, Section 154.109.
2) That all the submission requirements of said Section 154.109 have been met by
the Applicant.
3) That the proposed variance includes the following components:
a) A variance to allow for the addition of a third wall sign to be installed at 8980
Hudson Blvd, exceeding the number of allowed signs per building based on City
code requirements.
4) That the Variance will be located on property begally described as follows: E 20OFT OF
S 435.6FT Et/2- SEI/4 EXC PARCL 29K MNDOT R/W PLT 82-31 SUBJ TO EASE
SECTION 33 TOWNSHIP 029 RANGE 021, Washington County, Minnesota with the
following PID-. 33.029.21.44.0005.
-5) That the strict enforcement of Zoning Ordinance would cause practical difficulties and that
the property owner proposes to use the property in a reasonable manner not permitted by an
official control. Specific FindingThe applicant does rat propose to use theproperty in
an unreasonable manner Itr requesting an additional sign, as the tenants are hindered by
the configuration of the building. The building was built in 2001, prior to the current
sign cede. It can be argued that if the tenants would have known thatsignage iv IiInited
by frontage it would have been reconfitgured so that visibility of the building would not
Binder the occupants by limiting the allowed signage area to only the west (entrance) or
south (streetfrontage) side of the building.
Based on the foregoing, the Applicant's application for a Variance is granted, subject to the
following conditions,
L A comprehensive sign plan be submitted and approved for the building
2. A sign permit application be submitted, approved and issued prior to installation.
Passed and duly adopted this 20th day of March, 2018 by the City Council of the City of Lake
Elmo, Minnesota.
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