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Planning Commission 462-96: Mounds View Square Signage November 2d, 199b Pag� 3 Northtown Village: Center identif�catian sign is appro�cimateiy 62 feet high and 21 feet wide. Tenant names are Sab feet wide. The area with words is appro�mately 6i3 square feet. Sfgn constructed of split face block and brick. Birch Run Station (across from Maplewood MaII}: Has a monument sign at the entrance from �eam Avenue which is approximately 25 feet tall and 14 feet wide, wiih a sign area of 280 square %et. IVlendota Plaza: ihere are two signs, one facing Hi�hway 1 IO and one facing Dodd Road. The larger one is on Highway 114 and is set back approximately 150 feet from the edge of #he roadway. (This sign measures 50 feei tall and has a si�gn area of 430 sq.ft.) It does not appear large in context. An�iysis/ Recomanendataono The center identifieation sign proposed for Mounds View Square fits wittun tne Sign Code `, requirements which allow for a pylon sign that is 35 feet high with a sign area of 340 square feet. Thzs sign does not require a variance. Staffwould recommend that supports be b�ick to ma�ch the center's architecture and the pcopos�d materials for the monument signs a� the entrances. The monument signs at the driveway entrances and at the intersection of Highway 10 and Long Lake Road would require a variance. The applicant is proposing that they be constructed of brick. We do not have information on the color scheme or how the signs will be iighted. We are unclear if the signs wiIi be double-sided. If the monument sign at Long Lake Road and Highway �0 is simiiar in size to the two proposed at the driveway entrances, the three signs would add approximately 300 feefi of sigr�age (100 square feet per sign) on structures measuring 216 square feet each. The applicant feels that this signage is needed to alert motorists to the shopping center and the driveway enirances, since ihe pedestrian bridge wili obscure th� view of the retail buiiding from Highway 10 until motorisfis travel under the bridge. The applicant has indicated that the evening commute is most important to them in terms of capturing shoppers, and ii is ihis east to west direction that is blocked by the bridge. Two issues need to be addressed before dealing with the signs themseives. It appears that the signs at the driveway entrances are in the highway right-of-way,. and they wiil also cause a sight distance problem for motorisis exiting the shopping center. The signs need to be relocated far er�ough back to allow motorists' safety. If ihey wiil be in highway ri�htmof-way, ihe applicant would need to provide the City wiih evidence of permission from MaiDOT.