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CITY Of REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Agenda Section STAFF REPORT Report Number: ,, f7 qG okljs Report Date: 7/11/96 CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE — • �i��Lt1 July 15, 1996 Special Order of Bus. s Consent Agenda ��t•Fartne��'Q Public Hearings X Council Business Item Description: Consideration of Adoption of Ordinance No. 585, An Ordinance Amending Section 1008.11, by adding a provision for a variance procedure and adding a new Section 1008.08 Subd. 21 to Chapter 1008, entitled"Signs and Billboards." Administrator's Review/Recommendation: -No Comments to supplement this report -Comments attached. Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary) Summary: MEMORANDUM TO: . Chuck Whiting, City Clerk-Administrator FROM: Joyce Pruitt, Acting Community Development Director RE: Consideration of Adoption of Ordinance No. 585, an ordinance amending Section 1008.11, adding a provision for a variance procedure to Chapter 1008, entitled "Signs and Billboards." DATE: July 09, 1996 Tie attached ordinance, introduced June 24, 1996, will amend Section 1008.11, by adding a variance procedure and a maximum signage criterion for R-5 mobile home districts to Chapter 1008, entitled"Signs and Billboards." Currently, Section 1008.11, entitled"Signs and Billboards," is included within Title 1000, entitled`Building." Thus, the variance procedure included in Title 1100, entitled"Zoning," does not apply to the existing sign code. Amending the sign code to add a variance provision would provide relief to landowners in cases where Title 1008 imposes undue hardship or practical difficulties through establishing criteria for granting sign variances. The Planning Commission reviewed this ordinance amendment and recommended approval to the City Council in Resolution No. 454-96. At the June 24, 1996 meeting, Staff notified the City Council that the Municipal Code does not currently provide fog_a maximum signage area allowable in R-5 Mobile Home Districts, as it does for every other zoning district within the City. Thus, a provision for maximum allowable signage in mobile home parks has been added to the attached ordinance. The maximum signage area for R-4 Zoning Districts has been included for mobile home districts as well. Thus, the proposed ordinance amendment will allow (1) a sign on residential Joyce Prui , Acting Community Development Director *COMMENDATION: Motion to waive the reading and Adopt Ordinance No. 585, An Ordinance Amending Section 1008.11, by adding a provision for a variance procedure and adding a new Section 1008.08, Subd. 21 to Chapter 1008, Signs and Billboards.